Direction dependent etching of diamond surfaces by hyperthermal atomic oxygen: A ReaxFF based molecular dynamics study

Carbon

Volumn 82, Issue C, 2015, Pages 314-326

  Srinivasan, Sriram Goverapet ^a   Van Duin, Adri C T ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CALCULATIONS; DIAMONDS; ETCHING; FILMS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; ORBITS; OXYGEN; THIN FILMS;

DIAMOND SURFACES; DIAMOND THIN FILM; EXTREME ENVIRONMENT; FIRST PRINCIPLES; HYPERTHERMAL ATOMIC OXYGEN; LOW EARTH ORBIT(LEO); LOW-INDEX SURFACES; REACTIVE MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

MOLECULAR OXYGEN;

EID: 84923640490     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2014.10.076     Document Type: Article

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