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Cathodoluminescence Microscopy and Spectroscopy of Micro- and Nanodiamonds: An Implication for Laboratory Astrophysics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2012

Arnold Gucsik ,
Hirotsugu Nishido ,
Kiyotaka Ninagawa ,
Ulrich Ott ,
Akira Tsuchiyama ,
Masahiro Kayama ,
Irakli Simonia  and
Jean-Paul Boudou
Arnold Gucsik*
Affiliation:
Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawaoiwake-cho, Sakyu-ku, Kyoto-shi 606-8502, Japan Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Hahn-Meitner Weg 1, D-55128 Mainz, Germany
Hirotsugu Nishido
Affiliation:
Department of Biosphere-Geosphere System Science, Okayama University of Science, 1-1 Ridai-cho, Okayama 700-0005, Japan
Kiyotaka Ninagawa
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Physics, Okayama University of Science, 1-1 Ridai-cho, Okayama 700-0005, Japan
Ulrich Ott
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Hahn-Meitner Weg 1, D-55128 Mainz, Germany University of West Hungary, Savaria Campus, H-9700 Szombathely, Hungary
Akira Tsuchiyama
Affiliation:
Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawaoiwake-cho, Sakyu-ku, Kyoto-shi 606-8502, Japan
Masahiro Kayama
Affiliation:
Department of Earth and Planetary Systems Science, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Kagami-yama 1-3-1, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
Irakli Simonia
Affiliation:
College of Engineering of Ilia State University, Cholokashvili Ave 3/5, Tbilisi 0162, Georgia
Jean-Paul Boudou
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Aimé Cotton, Bat 505 Campus, d'Orsay, 91405, Orsay, Cedex, France
*
*Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
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Abstract

Color centers in selected micro- and nanodiamond samples were investigated by cathodoluminescence (CL) microscopy and spectroscopy at 298 K [room temperature (RT)] and 77 K [liquid-nitrogen temperature (LNT)] to assess the value of the technique for astrophysics. Nanodiamonds from meteorites were compared with synthetic diamonds made with different processes involving distinct synthesis mechanisms (chemical vapor deposition, static high pressure high temperature, detonation). A CL emission peak centered at around 540 nm at 77 K was observed in almost all of the selected diamond samples and is assigned to the dislocation defect with nitrogen atoms. Additional peaks were identified at 387 and 452 nm, which are related to the vacancy defect. In general, peak intensity at LNT at the samples was increased in comparison to RT. The results indicate a clear temperature—dependence of the spectroscopic properties of diamond. This suggests the method is a useful tool in laboratory astrophysics.

Keywords

cathodoluminescencescanning electron microscopynanodiamondastrophysics
Type
Special Section: Cathodoluminescence
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Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 18 , Issue 6 , December 2012 , pp. 1285 - 1291
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Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 2012

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