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Preparation of Diamond Nanocrystallites in Powder by Using a Coaxial Arc Plasma Gun

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2012

Aki Tominaga ,
Kenji Hanada ,
Tomohiro Yoshida  and
Tsuyoshi Yoshitake
Aki Tominaga
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Science for Electronics and Materials, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
Kenji Hanada
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Science for Electronics and Materials, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
Tomohiro Yoshida
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Science for Electronics and Materials, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
Tsuyoshi Yoshitake
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Science for Electronics and Materials, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
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Abstract

We suggest a new method for fabricating diamond nanoclusters by employing a coaxial arc plasma gun. Diamond powder comprised of diamond nanoclusters and amorphous carbon was fabricated in vacuum and a hydrogen atmosphere, and the diamond crystallite sizes were estimated to be 1.8, 2.3, and 2.3 nm for the powders prepared at hydrogen pressures of 0, 53.3, and 159.6 Pa respectively, from the X-ray diffraction peaks. The hydrogen ambient gas is not necessarily required for the diamond nanoclusters formation. We consider that this method enables us to form diamond nanoclusters in nucleation owing to a supersaturated condition at a facing plate located in front of an arc plasma gun.

Keywords

diamondnanostructurex-ray diffraction (XRD)
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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1395: Symposium N – Diamond Electronics and Biotechnology–Fundamentals to Applications V , 2012 , mrsf11-1395-n12-30
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2012

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