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Growth of (100) oriented diamond grains by the application of lateral temperature gradients across silicon substrates

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Title Growth of (100) oriented diamond grains by the application of lateral temperature gradients across silicon substrates
 
Creator TITUS, E
MISRA, DS
SINGH, MK
TYAGI, PK
MISRA, A
LE NORMAND, F
GRACIO, J
ALI, N
 
Subject chemical-vapor-deposition
confocal raman-spectroscopy
bias-enhanced nucleation
cvd diamond
thin-films
mechanism
interface
surfaces
stage
 
Description Polycrystalline diamond films with a predominant (100) texture were deposited onto silicon substrates using hot-filament chemical vapor deposition. During film deposition, different temperature gradients were created and imposed laterally across the substrate materials. Films grown under a gradient of 100 degreesC cm(-1) displayed large (100) oriented grains. No crystallite (100) orientation was observed in the as-grown films prepared without a temperature gradient. It was observed that the diamond grain size varied as a function of the gradient. The lower gradient resulted in smaller grains and vice versa. Furthermore, the size of the grains was a function of the deposition time. The orientation of the diamond grains changed gradually across the substrate from (100) to (110) orientation as we scanned from the high-temperature to the low-temperature zone. The films were characterized using x-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. XRD showed strong (400) reflections in the oriented samples. SEM results indicated the presence of smooth diamond surfaces consisting of predominantly (100) oriented platelets. As the (100) oriented diamond grains were grown on top of the (100) oriented silicon substrates, the faces were mostly aligned parallel to the substrate surface resulting in the deposition of a smooth diamond surface. AFM observations revealed the presence of steps located at the boundaries of the oriented grains. FTIR results showed the characteristic difference in hydrogen bonding in the oriented samples and gave useful information about mechanisms responsible for the orientation. Quantitative analysis was carried out to measure the H content in the films, and it was found that the oriented films contained less hydrogen. Our findings suggest that high saturation of carbon and a concentration gradient of sp(3) CH2 species can be the key factor in the oriented growth of (100) diamond grains.
 
Publisher MATERIALS RESEARCH SOCIETY
 
Date 2011-08-18T15:55:43Z
2011-12-26T12:55:49Z
2011-12-27T05:42:43Z
2011-08-18T15:55:43Z
2011-12-26T12:55:49Z
2011-12-27T05:42:43Z
2004
 
Type Article
 
Identifier JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH, 19(11), 3206-3213
0884-2914
http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/JMR.2004.0433
http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10054/10061
http://hdl.handle.net/10054/10061
 
Language en