Growth of flake-like diamond crystal using polymer precursor

  • Z. Sun*
  • , X. Shi
  • , B. K. Tay
  • , X. Wang
  • , Y. Sun
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Using phenylcarbyne polymer as a precursor, flake-like diamond crystals can be grown by conventional hot filament chemical vapor deposition system (HF-CVD) in methane and hydrogen mixture. The flake-like diamond crystals which show two dimensional (layer by layer) growth features formed in the temperature range of 500°C to 700°C. The large flattened diamond crystals several tens of micrometers in size have been observed. It is proposed that a single crystalline diamond layer formed using polymer precursor in the initial nucleation process, followed by homo-epitaxial growth resulting in the formation of single crystalline diamond thin film.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)159-162
Number of pages4
JournalThin Solid Films
Volume308-309
Issue number1-4
DOIs
StatePublished - 31 Oct 1997
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Diamond crystal
  • Flakes
  • Layer growth
  • Polymer precursor

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