Growth of highly (111)-oriented, highly coalesced diamond films on platinum (111) surface: A possibility of heteroepitaxy

1996 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 2955-2956 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshihiro Shintani

A highly (111)-oriented, highly coalesced diamond film was grown on platinum (111) surface by microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition (MPCVD). Scanning electron microscopy and x-ray diffraction analyses revealed that the (111) diamond facets were azimuthally oriented epitaxially with respect to the orientation of the Pt(111) domain underneath, with the neighboring facets of diamond being coalesced with each other. The film was confirmed as diamond using Raman spectroscopy.

1993 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 2845-2857 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koichi Miyata ◽  
Kazuo Kumagai ◽  
Kozo Nishimura ◽  
Koji Kobashi

B-doped diamond films were synthesized by microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition using a mixture of methane (0.5% or 1.2%) and diborane (B2H6) below 50 ppm on either Si substrates or undoped diamond films that had been synthesized using 0.5% or 1.2% methane. The surface morphologies of the synthesized films were observed by Secondary Electron Microscopy, and the infrared absorption and Raman spectra were measured. It was found that when diborane concentration was low, B-doped films preferred (111) facets. On the other hand, high diborane concentrations resulted in a deposition of needle-like material that was identified as graphite by x-ray diffraction.


2002 ◽  
Vol 16 (06n07) ◽  
pp. 1091-1095 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. T. ZHENG ◽  
X. WANG ◽  
T. DING ◽  
X. T. LI ◽  
W. D. FEI ◽  
...  

The carbon nitride films were deposited on single crystalline Si(001) and polycrystalline diamond substrates using microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition (MPCVD) with CH4+N2 as well as CH4+NH3 mixtures as the reactive gas source, respectively. Different CH4/N2 and CH4/NH3 gas ratios were tested. The results showed that carbon nitride films with different nitrogen content could more readily be obtained using a mixture of CH4/N2 rather than CH4/NH3. The films grown by different CH4/N2 ratios showed different morphology, which was revealed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The crystalline carbon nitride films containing silicon were realized using a CH4:N2 = 1:100 ratio. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Auger electron microscopy (AES), Raman spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction were used to characterize the composition and chemical bonding of the deposited films.


1990 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 1169-1175 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. D. Berry ◽  
R. T. Holm ◽  
M. Fatemi ◽  
D. K. Gaskill

Films containing the metals copper, yttrium, calcium, strontium, barium, and bismuth were grown by organometallic chemical vapor deposition (OMCVD). Depositions were carried out at atmospheric pressure in an oxygen-rich environment using metal beta-diketonates and triphenylbismuth. The films were characterized by Auger electron spectroscopy, Nomarski and scanning electron microscopy, and x-ray diffraction. The results show that films containing yttrium consisted of Y2O3 with a small amount of carbidic carbon, those with copper and bismuth were mixtures of oxides with no detectable carbon, and those with calcium, strontium, and barium contained carbonates. Use of a partially fluorinated barium beta-diketonate gave films of BaF2 with small amounts of BaCO3.


CrystEngComm ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (12) ◽  
pp. 2138-2146 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Shu ◽  
V. G. Ralchenko ◽  
A. P. Bolshakov ◽  
E. V. Zavedeev ◽  
A. A. Khomich ◽  
...  

Homoepitaxial diamond growth may proceed with stops and resumptions to produce thick crystals. We found the resumption procedure to take place in a complex way, via a disturbance of step growth features, followed by the recovery after a certain time.


2018 ◽  
Vol 281 ◽  
pp. 893-899 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Fan Xi ◽  
Jian Huang ◽  
Ke Tang ◽  
Xin Yu Zhou ◽  
Bing Ren ◽  
...  

In this study, we propose a simple and effective approach to enhance (110) orientation in diamond films grown on (100) Si substrates by microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition. It is found that the crystalline structure of diamond films strongly rely on the CH4 concentration in the nucleation stage. Under the same growth condition, when the CH4 concentration is less than 7% (7%) in the nucleation stage, the diamond films exhibit randomly oriented structure; once the value exceeds 7%, the deposited films are strongly (110) oriented. It could be verified by experiments that the formation of (110) orientation in diamond films are related to the high nucleation density and high fraction of diamond-like carbon existing in nucleation samples.


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