Characterization of nanocrystalline diamond films by core-level photoabsorption

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1640-1642

  Gruen, D M ^a   Krauss, A R ^a   Zuiker, C D ^a   Csencsits, R ^a   Terminello, L J ^b   Carlisle, J A ^b   Jimenez, I ^b   Sutherland, D G J ^b   Shuh, D K ^c   Tong, W ^c   Himpsel, F J ^d  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMICAL BONDS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FULLERENES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GRAPHITE; METHANE; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BOND ORDER SELECTIVITY; CORE LEVEL PHOTOABSORPTION; HIGHLY ORIENTED PYROLYTIC GRAPHITE; MICROWAVE PLASMA CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; NEAR EDGE X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE;

DIAMOND FILMS;

EID: 0030108018     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.115677     Document Type: Article

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