Reported here is a study on the effect of different metal back contacts on the electrical and structural properties of the tetrahedral amorphous carbon (ta-C). The films were grown using a pulsed cathodic arc system. Ta-C films were deposited simultaneously on silicon substrate, precoated with the following metals, namely aluminium (Al), gold (Au), chromium(Cr), molybdenum (Mo), copper (Cu), tungsten (V) and titanium(T1). The electrical measurements and Raman response show that ...