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Lower Gas Pressure Enhanced Diamond Nucleation on Alumina by Microwave Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition

WANG Zhi-Ming; XIA Yi-Ben; YANG Ying; FANG Zhi-Jun; WANG Lin-Jun; JU Jian-Hua; FAN Yi-Min; ZHANG Wei-Li   

  1. School of Materials Science and Engineering; Shanghai University; Shanghai 201800; China
  • Received:2001-07-09 Revised:2001-09-05 Published:2002-07-20 Online:2002-07-20

Abstract: Under lower gas pressure, the high-density nucleation of diamond films on alumina was successfully achieved by microwave plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (MPCVD). It was found that the nucleation density increased with the decreases of gas pressure. Based on these results, a kinetic model for diamond nucleation in MPCVD system was proposed. The critical gas pressure corresponding to the highest nucleation density was also discussed.

Key words: diamond film, MPCVD, alumina substrates, gas pressure, nucleation

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