Evidence for charged or polar precursors in diamond nucleation

Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-90

  Buck, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

CVD; Diamond; Nucleation; Polar precursors

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIAMONDS;

DIAMOND NUCLEATION; GENERAL THEORY; GROWTH PRECURSORS; METHYL RADICAL; NUCLEATION PROCESS; POLAR PRECURSORS; TECHNICAL APPLICATIONS;

NUCLEATION;

EID: 38849206984     PISSN: 14544164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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