DIAMOND NANOCRYSTALS IN HYDROGENATED AMORPHOUS-CARBON GROWN BY ION SPUTTERING OF GRAPHITE

Authors
IVANOVOMSKII VI SIKLITSKY VI SITNIKOVA AA SUVOROVA AA TOLMATCHEV AV ZVONARIOVA TK YASTREBOV SG
Citation
Vi. Ivanovomskii et al., DIAMOND NANOCRYSTALS IN HYDROGENATED AMORPHOUS-CARBON GROWN BY ION SPUTTERING OF GRAPHITE, Philosophical magazine. B. Physics of condensed matter.Statistical mechanics, electronic, optical and magnetic, 76(6), 1997, pp. 973-978
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied",Mechanics,"Physics, Condensed Matter","Material Science
Journal title
Philosophical magazine. B. Physics of condensed matter.Statistical mechanics, electronic, optical and magnetic → ACNP
ISSN journal
13642812
Volume
76
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
973 - 978
Database
ISI
SICI code
1364-2812(1997)76:6<973:DNIHAG>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
An observation of diamond nanocrystal nucleation in the course of hydr ogenated amorphous carbon film growth under ion sputtering of graphite is reported. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) (100 keV), select ed-area electron diffraction and optical absorption (1-6 eV) studies o f the prepared hydrogenated amorphous carbon films were performed to c haracterize their structure. A size distribution function of diamond n anocrystals is derived from TEM images. The optical data are analysed in terms of the medium-range order present in the film. A mechanism fo r the nucleation of diamond nanocrystals is discussed.