Jagdish Narayan, Anagh Bhaumik. Q-carbon discovery and formation of single-crystal diamond nano- and microneedles and thin films[J]. 材料研究快报(英文), 2016,4(2):118-126.
Jagdish Narayan, Anagh Bhaumik. Q-carbon discovery and formation of single-crystal diamond nano- and microneedles and thin films[J]. Materials Research Letters, 2016, 4(2): 118-126.
Jagdish Narayan, Anagh Bhaumik. Q-carbon discovery and formation of single-crystal diamond nano- and microneedles and thin films[J]. 材料研究快报(英文), 2016,4(2):118-126.DOI: 10.1080/21663831.2015.1126865.
Jagdish Narayan, Anagh Bhaumik. Q-carbon discovery and formation of single-crystal diamond nano- and microneedles and thin films[J]. Materials Research Letters, 2016, 4(2): 118-126.DOI: 10.1080/21663831.2015.1126865.
Q-carbon discovery and formation of single-crystal diamond nano- and microneedles and thin films
We report the formation of single-crystal diamond nanoneedles
microneedles and thin films on sapphire (0001). By using nanosecond excimer laser pulses
we convert amorphous carbon into a new state of Q-carbon by rapid melting and quenching. The Q-carbon consists of amorphous mostly sp
3
bonded carbon and rest 10–15% sp
2
from which diamonds are nucleated. These nanodiamond nuclei in Q-carbon provide a seed for growth of diamond. These nanoneedles and microneedles are found to be single crystals often oriented along ⟨110⟩ directions. The (111) single-crystal diamond film are formed
when sapphire (0001) provides a seed for diamond growth from super undercooled liquid.