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Pulsed Electron Beam Deposition of Nanocrystalline Diamond

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 April 2013

Redhouane Henda  and
Omar Alshekhli
Redhouane Henda
Affiliation:
School of Engineering, Laurentian University, Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6, Canada.
Omar Alshekhli
Affiliation:
School of Engineering, Laurentian University, Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6, Canada.
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Abstract

Pulsed electron beam ablation (15 keV, 1 kA, 100 ns) has been used to grow thin films of nanocrystalline diamond on silicon substrates. The films have been grown at room temperature and 150°C, and under argon as the working background gas at a pressure of about 4 mTorr. Visible reflectance spectroscopic analysis has shown films thickness to range between about 55 nm and 115 nm. Visible-Raman spectroscopic measurements have confirmed the presence of sp3 carbon bonds with a substantial fraction in the deposited films, and surrounded by a graphitic phase. The morphological features of the films have been assessed by atomic force microscopy (AFM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The films surface is relatively smooth at room temperature and for low thickness, and becomes rougher at high temperature and for thicker films.

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ablationdiamondthin film
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1505: Symposium W – Carbon Nanomaterials , 2013 , mrsf12-1505-w17-69
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2013

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