Journal
DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS
Volume 15, Issue 11-12, Pages 2001-2005Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.diamond.2006.07.026
Keywords
diamond properties and applications; nanocrystalline diamond; field emission
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Ultrananocrystalline diamond (LJNCD) film is deposited at a substrate temperature lower than 500 degrees C. This film possesses diamond crystal of nanometer size embedded in a graphitic (or non-diamond carbon) phase. The presence of non-diamond carbon in the grain boundaries of diamond crystal plays a crucial role to the film properties and its corresponding application such as electron field emission. The present work reports the growth of LJNCD films at different methane concentrations to alter the film properties that could make it suitable for higher electron field emission. The surface morphology of an as-grown film was examined with a field emission scanning electron microscope. Nucleation density in the range of 10(11)-10(12)/cm(2) is obtained in the as-grown films. The grain size of diamond increases from 5nm to 25nm with an increase in CH4 concentration from 1% to 7.5% in the argon plasma. The presence of different carbon phases in the diamond films was investigated qualitatively by Raman studies. Near edge X-ray fine structure study ascertains that the as-grown films mainly possess diamond phase. A direct correlation of field emission proper-ties with the CH4 concentration during LJNCD growth is obtained. (c) 2006 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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