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Diamond Growth Chemistry During Atmospheric-Pressure Plasma Cvd

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

S. L. Girshick  and
J. W. Lindsay
S. L. Girshick
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
J. W. Lindsay
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
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Abstract

Diamond films were deposited by chemical vapor deposition using a radio- frequency induction plasma operating at 130 torr. Linear growth rates of polycrystalline diamond films ranged from 18 to 37 μm h-1. For a fixed substrate temperature of 1000°C the input methane-hydrogen ratio was varied from 2% to 10%. Over this range the resulting film morpologies changed from faceted ball-like structures to well-faceted diamond, then to non-faceted balls, and for the well- faceted films increases in methane-hydrogen ratio caused the film texture to shift toward the <100> direction. During these experiments gas sampled through an orifice in the center of the substrate was delivered to a gas chromatograph for measurement of stable hydrocarbon species. As the input methane-hydrogen ratio was increased the measured methane-acetylene ratio decreased. The gas chromatograph measurements showed marked differences from measurements made for an RF reactor with somewhat different flow geometry operating at atmospheric pressure.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 416: Symposium DD – Diamond for Electronic Applications , 1995 , 3
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1996

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