Effect of atomic hydrogen and oxygen on diamond growth

High-resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy has been used to investigate the effect of atomic hydrogen and oxygen on diamond growth. For a totally desorbed diamond (100) surface, atomic hydrogen corrodes carbon atoms on the surface first, then saturates the dangling bonds of sp3 hybridized car...

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Published in:Journal of applied physics 1993-05, Vol.73 (9), p.4614-4617
Main Authors: Sun, Biwu, Zhang, Xiaopin, Zhang, Qinzhe, Lin, Zhangda
Format: Article
Language:English
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Cross-disciplinary physics: materials science
rheology
Exact sciences and technology
Growth from vapor
Materials science
Methods of crystal growth
physics of crystal growth
Physics
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Summary:High-resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy has been used to investigate the effect of atomic hydrogen and oxygen on diamond growth. For a totally desorbed diamond (100) surface, atomic hydrogen corrodes carbon atoms on the surface first, then saturates the dangling bonds of sp3 hybridized carbon atoms on the next layer of diamond surface. But for the monohydrogenated dimerized surface, atomic hydrogen opens the elongated surface C—C dimer bonds. Oxygen abstracts adsorbed hydrogen at low substrate temperature, and makes all of the adsorbed hydrogen become abstracted if the reaction time is long enough. But this desorbed surface differs from that by heating to 1300 °C. For diamond (111) facets, atomic deuterium first abstracts the hydrogen atoms adsorbed on (111) faces, and then replaces the hydrogen atoms adsorbed on {110} steps.
ISSN:0021-8979
1089-7550
DOI:10.1063/1.352754