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Grain Boundaries In Diamond Films On Si(001)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

D. Wittorf ,
C. L. Jia ,
W. Jäger ,
B. Grushko ,
K. Urban ,
X. Jiang ,
M. Paul  and
C.-P. Klages
D. Wittorf
Affiliation:
Institut für Festkörperforschung, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
C. L. Jia
Affiliation:
Institut für Festkörperforschung, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
W. Jäger
Affiliation:
Mikrostrukturanalytik, Technische Fakultät, Universität Kiel, D-24143 Kiel, Germany
B. Grushko
Affiliation:
Institut für Festkörperforschung, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
K. Urban
Affiliation:
Institut für Festkörperforschung, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
X. Jiang
Affiliation:
Fraunhofer-Institut für Schicht- und Oberflächentechnik, D-38108 Braunschweig, Germany
M. Paul
Affiliation:
Fraunhofer-Institut für Schicht- und Oberflächentechnik, D-38108 Braunschweig, Germany
C.-P. Klages
Affiliation:
Fraunhofer-Institut für Schicht- und Oberflächentechnik, D-38108 Braunschweig, Germany
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Abstract

Grain boundaries in [001]-oriented diamond films deposited on Si(001) by microwave-assisted chemical vapor deposition have been investigated in plan-view and cross-section samples using high-resolution electron microscopy. The poly-crystalline diamond films used in this study had large fractions of [001]-oriented grains with typical lateral dimensions of 2 μm at film thicknesses beyond 10 μm. Grains with growth orientations near (001) exhibit generally small-angle orientation deviations between their crystal lattices. Small-angle grain boundaries of symmetric and asymmetric geometry with misorientation angles below 15° are investigated in both [110]- and [001]-directions. It is found that the structures of such small-angle grain boundaries can be described by a dislocation model. These grain boundaries are on average parallel to the {110}-plane and contain in many cases micro-facets parallel to {lll}-planes. Large-angle grain boundaries with tilt angles up to 40° are also observed in interconnected films of smaller thickness. In all cases structural units with large open volumes and additional second phases are not found at the grain boundaries.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 466: Symposium G – Atomic Resolution Microscopy of Surfaces and Interfaces , 1996 , 27
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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