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Synthesis of Low-Defct Diamond Films

Research Project

Project/Area Number 06650011
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Applied materials science/Crystal engineering
Research InstitutionKanazawa University

Principal Investigator

WATANABE Ichiro  Kanazawa University, Faculty of Engineering, Professor, 工学部, 教授 (70019743)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) SAKUTA Tadahiro  Kanazawa University, Faculty of Engineering, Professor, 工学部, 教授 (80135318)
Project Period (FY) 1994 – 1995
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1995)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000)
Fiscal Year 1995: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 1994: ¥1,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000)
KeywordsDiamond film / Radio frequency CVD / ESR / Spin density / Carbon tetrafluoride / Dangling bond / 高周波 / CVD / プラズマ / 欠陥
Research Abstract

The synthesis of diamond films with defects as low as possible was performed using a capacitively coupled rf (13.56MHz) plasma CVD apparatus and an infrared-radiation heater. The films were prepared at various conditions keeping the total-flow rate of ethyl alcohol and hydrogen at 100 sccm and discharge power at 500 W and varying total-gas pressure, ethyl alcohol concentration, heating temperature and flow rate of added gas. Defects in the films were evaluated by nondiamond components in Raman spectrum and spin density in ESR,and the following results were obtained.
(1) When a 0.5% carbon tetrafluoride is added keeping the concentration of ethyl alcohol at 0.5%, a high-quality film without nondiamond components grows even at a low temperature of 350゚C.The spin density of this film is 1.6*10^<18> cm^<-3>.
(2) The temerature is increased in the above case. The highest-quality film grows at 550゚C.The spin density of this film is 5.2*10^<17>cm^<-3>, which is lowest in the present project.
(3) When the concentration of ethyl alcohol and the temperature are kept at 1.0% and 350゚C,respectively, the highesr-quality film is obtained if a 0.2% carbon tetrafluoride is added. This film has a spin density of 7.3*10^<17>cm^<-3>. In contrast with the above case, the film degrades when the temperature is increased.
(4) In the measurement of optical emission spectrescopy for the plasma formed by adding carbon tetrafluoride, an increase in the amount of C_2 and CH radicals is observed when the concentration of ethyl alcohol is 0.5 and 1.0%, respectively.
(5) When nitrogen is added into the source gas, reduction in the spin density and the nondiamond component is observed in some cases. For improvement in film quality, nitrogen is not so effective as the carbon tetrafluoride.

Report

(3 results)
  • 1995 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1994 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (4 results)

All Other

All Publications (4 results)

  • [Publications] Ichiro Watanabe: "Low-Temperature Deposition of Diamond Films Using RF Plasma CVD" Advances in New Diamond Science and Technology. 65-68 (1994)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1995 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Ichiro Watanabe, Hironori Matsumoto, Reiji Makara and Kanichiro Matsumoto: "Low-Temperature Deposition of Diamond Films Using RF Plasma CVD" Advances in New Diamond Science and Technology. 65-68 (1994)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1995 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Ichiro Watanabe: "Low-Temperature Deposition of Diamond Films using RF Plasma CVD" Advances in New Diamond Science and Technology. 65-68 (1994)

    • Related Report
      1995 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] I.Watanabe,H.Matsumoto,R,Makara and K.Matsumoto: "Low‐Temperature Deposition of Diamond Films Using RF Plasma CVD" Proc.4th Int Cont.on New Diamond Science and Technology. 65-68 (1994)

    • Related Report
      1994 Annual Research Report

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Published: 1994-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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