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Metastable Synthesis of Diamond

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The Physics and Chemistry of Carbides, Nitrides and Borides

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((NSSE,volume 185))

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Diamond can be grown metastably at subatmospheric pressures and moderate temperatures from hydrocarbon gases in the presence of atomic hydrogen. Atomic hydrogen can be generated by various methods, each of which generally leads to new chemical vapor deposition (CVD) diamond growth processes. Atomic hydrogen serves several critical roles in CVD diamond growth, namely: 1) stabilization of the diamond surface; 2) reduction of the size of the critical nucleus; 3) “dissolution” of carbon in the gas; 4) production of carbon solubility minimum; 5) generation of condensable carbon radicals in the gas; 6) abstraction of hydrogen from hydrocarbons attached to surface; 7) production of vacant surface sites; and 8) etching of graphite. Atomic hydrogen can carry out these functions because of favorable relationships between energies for carbon-carbon, carbon-hydrogen and hydrogen-hydrogen bonds. A direct substitute for atomic hydrogen has not been found although potential substitutes have been used to increase diamond growth rates. Potential substitutes have also been used indirectly to develop new methods of CVD diamond growth.

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Anthony, T.R. (1990). Metastable Synthesis of Diamond. In: Freer, R. (eds) The Physics and Chemistry of Carbides, Nitrides and Borides. NATO ASI Series, vol 185. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2101-6_10

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