Published October 31, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Carbon Clustering and Diamond Nucleation in Fluorocarbon Plasmas

  • 1. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501 (Japan)

Description

The ultra-nano crystalline diamond can be produced at room temerature in fluorocarbon (C4F8) plasmas. In the gas phase, the various ionic species were detected by quadrupole mass analyzer. The species included chain molecules of CnFk (4 ≤ n ≤ 14, n - 2 ≤ k ≤ 2n + 2), carbon clusters of Cn (10 ≤ n ≤ 14, 22 ≤ n ≤ 31, 36 ≤ n ≤ 39), and their derivatives. The clusters of nanometer scale tend to be heated up to several hundred K by ion impacts even in room-temperature plasmas, resulting in the crystallization of diamond

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
799
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 189-192
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
4. international conference on the physics of dusty plasmas
Dates
13-17 Jun 2005
Place
Orleans (France)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
37038189
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE; S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CRYSTALLIZATION; DIAMONDS; IONS; MASS; MOLECULAR CLUSTERS; MOLECULES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLASMA; QUADRUPOLES
Descriptors DEC
CARBON; CHARGED PARTICLES; ELEMENTS; MINERALS; MULTIPOLES; NONMETALS; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS

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