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Abbreviated Journal Title

J. Appl. Phys.

Keywords

Chemical Vapor-Deposition; Growth; Hydrogen; Oxygen; Argon; Physics; Applied

Abstract

Nanocrystalline diamond thin films have been synthesized in an Ar-CH4 microwave discharge, without the addition of molecular hydrogen. X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, and electron energy loss spectroscopy characterizations show that the films consist of a pure crystalline diamond phase with very small grain sizes ranging from 3 to 20 nm. Atomic force microscopy analysis demonstrates that the surfaces of the nanocrystalline diamond films remain smooth independent of the film thicknesses. Furthermore, the reactant gas pressure, which strongly affects the concentration of C-2 dimer in the Ar-CH4 plasma as well as the growth rate of the films, has been found to be a key parameter for the nanocrystalline diamond thin film depositions.

Journal Title

Journal of Applied Physics

Volume

83

Issue/Number

1

Publication Date

1-1-1998

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

540

Last Page

543

WOS Identifier

WOS:000071320400080

ISSN

0021-8979

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