ABSTRACTUndoped and boron-doped diamond epitaxial films were deposited on diamond(001) substrate by micro-wave plasma assisted chemical vapor deposition and their surfaces were studied by scanning tunneling microscopy in air. An atomic order resolution was confirmed for the observation.For the undoped epitaxial films, which showed 2×1 and 1×2 RHEED patterns, dimer type reconstruction was observed and it was considered that the growth occurs through the dimer row extension. In the case of B-doped films, the dimer reconstruction was also observed. However, 2×2 structure due to the absence of dimer was partially observed.The effect of boron concentration and methane concentration during epitaxial growth on the surface morphology were also studied. The morphology observed by STM became flatter, as the concentration of B-doping and methane concentration, during growth, increased.
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