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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A
卷 112, 期 45, 页码 11436-11448出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jp8034538
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- EPSRC
- Element Six Ltd
- Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C
- Moscow State University
Accurate potential energy surface calculations are presented for many of the key steps involved in diamond chemical vapor deposition on the {100} surface (in its 2 x 1 reconstructed and hydrogenated form). The growing diamond surface was described by using a large (similar to 1500 atoms) cluster model, with the key atoms involved in chemical steps being described by using a quantum mechanical (QM, density functional theory, DFT) method and the bulk of the atoms being described by molecular mechanics (MM). The resulting hybrid QM/MM calculations are more systematic and/or at a higher level of theory than previous work on this growth process. The dominant process for carbon addition, in the form of methyl radicals, is predicted to be addition to a surface radical site, opening of the adjacent C-C dimer bond, insertion, and ultimate ring closure. Other steps such as insertion across the trough between rows of dimer bonds or addition to a neighboring dimer leading to formation of a reconstruction on the next layer may also contribute. Etching of carbon can also occur; the most likely mechanism involves loss of a two-carbon moiety in the form of ethene. The present higher-level calculations confirm that migration of inserted carbon along both dimer rows and chains should be relatively facile, with barriers of similar to 150 kJ mol(-1) when starting from suitable diradical species, and that this step should play an important role in establishing growth of smooth surfaces.
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