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Title: Rapid Growth of Nanocrystalline Diamond on Single Crystal Diamond for Studies on Materials under Extreme Conditions

Abstract

Early stage nucleation morphologies of spatially localized nanocrystalline diamond (NCD) micro-anvils grown on (100)-oriented single crystal diamond (SCD) anvil surfaces were analyzed and investigated for applications in high pressure studies on materials. NCD was grown on SCD using Microwave Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition (MPCVD) for brief time intervals ranging from 1-15 minutes. Early stage film morphologies were characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Raman spectroscopy and were compared to films grown for several hours. Rapid nucleation and growth of NCD on SCD is demonstrated without any pre-growth seeding of the substrate surface. As grown NCD diamond micro-anvils on SCD were used to generate static pressure of 0.5 Terapascal (TPa) on a tungsten sample as measured by synchrotron x-ray diffraction in a diamond anvil cell. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) analysis after decompression from ultrahigh pressures showed that the detachment of the NCD stage occurred in the bulk of the SCD and not at the interface, suggesting significant adhesive bond strength between nanocrystalline and single crystal diamond.

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  1. Univ.of Alabama, Birmingham, AL (United States). Dept. of Physics
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Research Org.:
Univ.of Alabama, Birmingham, AL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Science (NA-113); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1417745
Grant/Contract Number:  
NA0002928; NA002006; NA0001974; FG02-99ER45775; AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Scientific Reports
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 8; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; High Pressure; Nanotechnology; Extreme Conditions; Chemical Vapor Deposition; Synthetic Diamond

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Moore, Samuel L., Samudrala, Gopi K., Catledge, Shane A., and Vohra, Yogesh K. Rapid Growth of Nanocrystalline Diamond on Single Crystal Diamond for Studies on Materials under Extreme Conditions. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-19915-9.
Moore, Samuel L., Samudrala, Gopi K., Catledge, Shane A., & Vohra, Yogesh K. Rapid Growth of Nanocrystalline Diamond on Single Crystal Diamond for Studies on Materials under Extreme Conditions. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-19915-9
Moore, Samuel L., Samudrala, Gopi K., Catledge, Shane A., and Vohra, Yogesh K. Tue . "Rapid Growth of Nanocrystalline Diamond on Single Crystal Diamond for Studies on Materials under Extreme Conditions". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-19915-9. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1417745.
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title = {Rapid Growth of Nanocrystalline Diamond on Single Crystal Diamond for Studies on Materials under Extreme Conditions},
author = {Moore, Samuel L. and Samudrala, Gopi K. and Catledge, Shane A. and Vohra, Yogesh K.},
abstractNote = {Early stage nucleation morphologies of spatially localized nanocrystalline diamond (NCD) micro-anvils grown on (100)-oriented single crystal diamond (SCD) anvil surfaces were analyzed and investigated for applications in high pressure studies on materials. NCD was grown on SCD using Microwave Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition (MPCVD) for brief time intervals ranging from 1-15 minutes. Early stage film morphologies were characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Raman spectroscopy and were compared to films grown for several hours. Rapid nucleation and growth of NCD on SCD is demonstrated without any pre-growth seeding of the substrate surface. As grown NCD diamond micro-anvils on SCD were used to generate static pressure of 0.5 Terapascal (TPa) on a tungsten sample as measured by synchrotron x-ray diffraction in a diamond anvil cell. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) analysis after decompression from ultrahigh pressures showed that the detachment of the NCD stage occurred in the bulk of the SCD and not at the interface, suggesting significant adhesive bond strength between nanocrystalline and single crystal diamond.},
doi = {10.1038/s41598-018-19915-9},
journal = {Scientific Reports},
number = 1,
volume = 8,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jan 23 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Tue Jan 23 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}

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