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DIAMOND CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION:
Nucleation and Early Growth Stages


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Diamond Thin Films Handbook
This book is intended to provide a comprehensive source of information for readers involved in the new diamond thin film technology. The emphasis of the book is on the applications of diamond film technology and methods of synthesis. Shown here is Chapter 4, "Deposition chemistry: deposition pathways, nucleation, and growth."


 

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"Passive microfluidic pumping using coupled capillary/evaporation effects," Lab Chip 9, 3422–3429 (2009)

 

"Label-free silicon photonic biosensor system with integrated detector array," Lab Chip 9, 2163–2168 (2009)

 

"Analysis of oxidative stress biomarkers using a simultaneous competitive/noncompetitive micromosaic immunoassay," Analytica Chimica Acta 640, 1–6 (2009)

"Evaporation from microreservoirs," Lab Chip 9, 1780–1788 (2009)

"Effects of reduced contaminant loading on downgradient water quality in an idealized two-layer granular porous media," J. Contaminant Hydrol. 102, 72–85 (2008)

 

"Evanescent field response to immunoassay layer thickness on planar waveguides," Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 101110 (2008)

 

"Microfluidic mixing via transverse electrokinetic effects in a planar microchannel," Microfluidics Nanofluidics 5(4), 493–505 (2008)

"Competitive immunoassays for simultaneous detection of metabolites and proteins using micromosaic patterning," Anal. Chem. 80, 444–450 (2008)

"Microfluidic protein patterning on silicon nitride using solvent extracted poly(dimethylsiloxane) channels," Sens. Actuat. B: Chemical 129, 811–817 (2008)

"Array feature size influences nucleic acid surface capture in DNA microarrays," Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 104, 8223–8228 (2007)

"Geometrical optimization of helical flow in grooved micromixers," Lab Chip 7(5), 580–587 (2007)

 

"A computational fluid dynamics investigation of fluid flow in a dense medium plasma reactor," J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 40, 488–500 (2007)

"Development of a tubular high-density plasma reactor for water treatment," Water Res. 40, 311–322 (2006)

"Characterization of a 90° waveguide bend using near-field scanning optical microscopy," Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 191107 (2005)

 

"Direct imaging of transient interference in a single mode waveguide using near-field scanning optical microscopy," Photonics Technol. Lett. 17(11), 2382–2384 (2005)

 

"Analysis of carbon nitride growth in pedestal reactors by chemical vapor deposition," Diam. Related Mater. 14, 1432–1443 (2005)

"A kinetic model of diamond nucleation and silicon carbide interlayer formation during chemical vapor deposition," Diam. Related Mater. 14, 1377–1388 (2005)

"Designing centrifugal cell washers using computational fluid dynamics," Artif. Organs 28, 1026–1034 (2004)

   

"Treatment of methyl t-butyl ether contaminated water using a dense medium plasma reactor: a mechanistic and kinetic investigation," Environ. Sci. Technol. 37, 4804–4810 (2003)

"Separation of different sized particles by inertial migration," Biotechnol. Lett. 23, 1417–1422 (2001)

 

"A numerically stable method for integration of the multicomponent species equations," J. Comput. Phys. 174, 460–472 (2001)

"The use of red blood cells to map wall shear and flow separation," Chem. Eng. Sci., submitted (2000)

"Influence of the gas phase on doping in diamond chemical vapor deposition," Thin Solid Films 381, 1–5 (2001)

"Thermodynamic analysis of III-V semiconductor alloys grown by MOVPE," J. Appl. Phys. 88, 4407–4416 (2000)

"A plasma discharge model of a microwave plasma diamond CVD reactor," J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A, submitted (2000)

"A model of morphology evolution in the growth of polycrystalline β-SiC films," Diam. Related Mater. 9, 439–445 (2000)

"A kinetic and morphological study of diamond interlayer growth," in Diamond Materials VI, Proc. Electrochem. Soc. 99–32, 23–30 (1999)

"A computational study of the inertial lift on a sphere in a linear shear flow field," Int. J. Multiphase Flow 25, 15–33 (1999)

"Growth of diamond films using an enclosed methyl-acetylene and propadiene combustion flame," Diam. Related Mater. 7, 1491–1502 (1998)

"Nonlinear stability analysis of the growth surface during diamond chemical vapor deposition," J. Appl. Phys. 83, 6061–6071 (1998)

"Maximization of recovery of Spirulina Platensis in a staged process based on inertial migration," Sep. Sci. Technol. 33, 915–931 (1998)

"A quasi-equilibrium model for the prediction of interlayer chemistry during diamond chemical vapor deposition," Thin Solid Films 322, 108–116 (1998)

"Integrated multi-scale modeling of diamond chemical vapor deposition," JOM 49, 42–47 (1997)

"Inertial migration based concentration factors for suspensions of Chlorella microalgae in branched tubes," Biorheology 34, 405–421 (1997)

"Simulation of morphological instabilities during diamond chemical vapor deposition," Diam. Related Mater. 6, 1759–1771 (1997)

"A model for the nucleation of diamond clusters on Si(111) substrates," J. Appl. Phys. 81, 1966–1977 (1997)

"Momentum and thermal boundary-layer thickness in a stagnation flow chemical vapor deposition reactor," J. Mater. Res. 12, 1112–1121 (1997)

"Chemisorption of hydrocarbon species on transition metals during diamond chemical vapor deposition," Chem. Phys. Lett., submitted

"Simplified models of growth, defect formation, and thermal conductivity in diamond chemical vapor deposition," Sandia National Laboratories Report SAND96-0883 (1996)

"Nucleation kinetics of diamond on carbide-forming substrates during CVD — I. Transient nucleation stage," J. Electrochem. Soc. 143, 1104–1109 (1996)

"On the optimization of a dc arcjet diamond CVD reactor," J. Mater. Res. 11, 694–702, (1996)

 

"Studies on nucleation processes in diamond CVD: an overview of recent developments," Diam. Related Mater. 4, 1173–1188 (1995)

"Dependence of the gas composition in a microwave plasma-assisted diamond chemical vapor deposition reactor on the inlet carbon source: CH4 and C2H2," Diam. Related Mater. 4, 1000–1008 (1995)

 

"A simplified analytical model of diamond growth in direct current arcjet reactors," J. Mater. Res. 10, 1993–2010 (1995)

"Relationship between diamond growth rate and hydrocarbon injector location in direct-current arcjet reactors," Appl. Phys. Lett. 66, 391–393 (1995)