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Title: {ital Ab initio} NMR Chemical Shift of Diamond, Chemical-Vapor-Deposited Diamond, and Amorphous Carbon

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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  1. Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)
  2. Institut Romand de Recherche Numerique en Physique des Materiaux (IRRMA), PPH-Ecublens, 1015 Lausanne (Switzerland)
  3. NEC Fundamental Research Laboratories, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 (Japan)

The NMR chemical shift spectra of diamond, chemical-vapor-deposited (CVD) diamond, and diamondlike amorphous carbon are computed from first principles. The results of our calculation are in excellent agreement with experiments, and are useful for the interpretation of the NMR spectra in terms of the microscopic structure of the materials. In particular, we show that the NMR and Raman linewidths in polycrystalline CVD diamond are due to stress fluctuations, and we support a heterogeneous model for the amorphous hydrogenated phase. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
OSTI ID:
664509
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 79, Issue 12; Other Information: PBD: Sep 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English