Published December 15, 1983 | Version v1
Journal article

Oxygen and hydrogen on the surface of diamond

  • 1. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (South Africa). Nuclear Physics Research Unit

Description

We have observed that the cleanest diamond surfaces which we have prepared are characterised by overlayers of oxygen or hydrogen or both. It is likely that the adatoms fulfil the function of saturating the 'dangling bonds' whose existence on the surface of diamond-structured solids has been the subject of some speculation. An investigation of these layers using Rutherford backscattering and nuclear reaction analysis is presented here. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res.
Journal Volume
218
Journal Issue
1-3
Series
Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res.
Journal Page Range
559-562
ISSN
0167-5087

Conference

Title
6. international conference on ion beam analysis (IBA-6).
Dates
23-27 May 1983.
Place
Tempe, AZ (USA).