Journal
CARBON
Volume 68, Issue -, Pages 473-479Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2013.11.023
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- EPSRC [EP/J009814/1]
- Marie Curie Actions for his intra-EU fellowship
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [1225498, EP/J009814/1, EP/K031635/1, EP/K007459/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- EPSRC [EP/K007459/1, EP/J009814/1, EP/K031635/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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The demonstration that Nanocrystalline Diamond (NCD) can retain the superior Young's modulus (1100 GPa) of single crystal diamond twinned with its ability to be grown at low temperatures (<450 degrees C) has driven a revival into the growth and applications of NCD thin films. However, owing to the competitive growth of crystals the resulting film has a roughness that evolves with film thickness, preventing NCD films from reaching their full potential in devices where a smooth film is required. To reduce this roughness, films have been polished using Chemical Mechanical Polishing (CMP). A Logitech Tribo CMP tool equipped with a polyurethane/polyester polishing cloth and an alkaline colloidal silica polishing fluid has been used to polish NCD films. The resulting films have been characterised with Atomic Force Microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy. Root mean square roughness values have been reduced from 18.3 nm to 1.7 nm over 25 mu m(2), with roughness values as low as 0.42 nm over similar to 0.25 mu m(2). A polishing mechanism of wet oxidation of the surface, attachment of silica particles and subsequent shearing away of carbon has also been proposed. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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