Tracking nitrogen-to-nickel ratio and prevalent paramagnetic species in synthetic diamonds by electron spin resonance at 90 K

Nitrogen and nickel are the main impurities in the type Ib synthetic diamonds obtained under high pressure and high temperature conditions using nickel-containing catalysts. Nitrogen enters the synthesized diamond from the air. The nickel/nitrogen ratio for the two types of diamonds, obtained with and without an aluminum getter that prevents the diamond crystal lattice from nitrogen penetration, was studied by electron spin resonance at 90 K.

Automated summary

Nitrogen and nickel are the main impurities in type Ib synthetic diamonds obtained under high pressure and high temperature conditions. The study found that an aluminum getter can prevent nitrogen from penetrating the diamond lattice.