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Evidence for charged or polar precursors in diamond nucleation

V. BUCK1,*

Affiliation

  1. University Duisburg-Essen, Lotharstr. 1, 47057 Duisburg, Germany

Abstract

The nucleation process determines the final properties of thin films significantly. Thus nucleation is important as well from the viewpoint of basic research as from the viewpoint of technical application. Because no comprehensive general theory exists up to now, experimental work has to guide the understanding of the relevant processes. Despite the fact that in the case of diamond nucleation and growth a “common” explanation regarding the methyl radical as growth precursor can be found in the majority of publications, some inconsistent findings remain. These have been worked out and put together with special experiments leading to the suggestion, that charged or polar precursors play a significant role in diamond nucleation..

Keywords

Diamond, CVD, Nucleation, Polar precursors.

Submitted at: Aug. 21, 2007
Accepted at: Jan. 18, 2008

Citation

V. BUCK, Evidence for charged or polar precursors in diamond nucleation, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials Vol. 10, Iss. 1, pp. 85-90 (2008)