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Roles of boron in growth of diamond grains in ultrananocrystalline diamond/hydrogenated amorphous carbon composite films prepared by pulsed laser deposition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2012

Shinya Ohmagari ,
Yūki Katamune ,
Hikaru Ichinose  and
Tsuyoshi Yoshitake
Shinya Ohmagari
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Science for Electronics and Materials, Kyushu University, 6-1 Kasuga-koen, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
Yūki Katamune
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Science for Electronics and Materials, Kyushu University, 6-1 Kasuga-koen, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
Hikaru Ichinose
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Science for Electronics and Materials, Kyushu University, 6-1 Kasuga-koen, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
Tsuyoshi Yoshitake
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Science for Electronics and Materials, Kyushu University, 6-1 Kasuga-koen, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
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Abstract

Boron doped ultrananocrystalline diamond (UNCD)/hydrogenated amorphous carbon composite films prepared by pulsed laser deposition were structurally investigated. With an increase in the boron content, the grain size was increased from 5 to 23 nm accompanying by the lattice constant approaching to that of bulk diamond. The near-edge X-ray absorption fine-structure revealed that boron atoms are preferentially distributed into grain boundaries. On the basis of the results, the roles of the boron atoms in the enhanced crystalline growth are discussed. We consider that the crystalline growth posterior to the nucleation is facilitated by boron atoms existing neighbor to UNCD grains or by boron-containing energetic species in plasma.

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diamondgrain boundariesgrain size
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1395: Symposium N – Diamond Electronics and Biotechnology–Fundamentals to Applications V , 2012 , mrsf11-1395-n12-17
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2012

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