The study for the interface of as-grown diamond and metallic film surrounding diamond is an attractive way for understanding diamond growth mechanism at high temperature and high pressure (HTHP), because it is that th...The study for the interface of as-grown diamond and metallic film surrounding diamond is an attractive way for understanding diamond growth mechanism at high temperature and high pressure (HTHP), because it is that through the interface carbon atom groups from the molten film are transported to growing diamond surface. It is of great interest to perform atomic force microscopy (AFM) experiment; which provides a unique technique different from that of normal optical and electron microscopy studies, to observe the interface morphology. In the present paper, we report first that the morphologies obtained by AFM on the film are similar to those of corresponding diamond surface, and they are the remaining traces after the carbon groups moving from the film to growing diamond. The fine particles and a terrace structure with homogeneous average step height are respectively found on the diamond (100) and (111) surface. Diamond growth conditions show that its growth rates and the temperature gradients in the boundary layer of the molten film at HTHP result in the differences of surface morphologies on diamond planes, being rough on (100) plane and even on the (111) plane. The diamond growth on the (100) surface at HPHT could be considered as a process of unification of these diamond fine particles or of carbon atom groups recombination on the growing diamond crystal surface. Successive growth layer steps directly suggest the layer growth mechanism of the diamond (111) plane. The sources of the layer steps might be two-dimensional nuclei and dislocations.展开更多
利用透射电镜和原子力显微镜(atomic force microscope,AFM)研究了高温高压合成金刚石过程中金刚石单晶/镍基金属包膜的界面结构和形貌。分析表明金刚石/金属包膜界面包膜一侧由Ni3C,Mn23C,γ(Ni,Mn)和纳米级金刚石颗粒组成,未发现石墨...利用透射电镜和原子力显微镜(atomic force microscope,AFM)研究了高温高压合成金刚石过程中金刚石单晶/镍基金属包膜的界面结构和形貌。分析表明金刚石/金属包膜界面包膜一侧由Ni3C,Mn23C,γ(Ni,Mn)和纳米级金刚石颗粒组成,未发现石墨结构;金刚石晶面的AFM形貌与所对应的包膜表面形貌相近,但又不互为负形;金刚石(100)晶面为细小的颗粒状表面,而(111)晶面呈现出有台阶的平直表面。结果表明金刚石的生长不是源于石墨结构的直接转变。在高温高压下,金刚石/包膜界面至包膜熔体的温度梯度差异导致了金刚石晶面形貌的不同。展开更多
基金This work was co-supported by Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province in China (Grant No.Y2002F06), and Education Ministry Foundation of China (Grant No.20020422035).
文摘The study for the interface of as-grown diamond and metallic film surrounding diamond is an attractive way for understanding diamond growth mechanism at high temperature and high pressure (HTHP), because it is that through the interface carbon atom groups from the molten film are transported to growing diamond surface. It is of great interest to perform atomic force microscopy (AFM) experiment; which provides a unique technique different from that of normal optical and electron microscopy studies, to observe the interface morphology. In the present paper, we report first that the morphologies obtained by AFM on the film are similar to those of corresponding diamond surface, and they are the remaining traces after the carbon groups moving from the film to growing diamond. The fine particles and a terrace structure with homogeneous average step height are respectively found on the diamond (100) and (111) surface. Diamond growth conditions show that its growth rates and the temperature gradients in the boundary layer of the molten film at HTHP result in the differences of surface morphologies on diamond planes, being rough on (100) plane and even on the (111) plane. The diamond growth on the (100) surface at HPHT could be considered as a process of unification of these diamond fine particles or of carbon atom groups recombination on the growing diamond crystal surface. Successive growth layer steps directly suggest the layer growth mechanism of the diamond (111) plane. The sources of the layer steps might be two-dimensional nuclei and dislocations.
文摘利用透射电镜和原子力显微镜(atomic force microscope,AFM)研究了高温高压合成金刚石过程中金刚石单晶/镍基金属包膜的界面结构和形貌。分析表明金刚石/金属包膜界面包膜一侧由Ni3C,Mn23C,γ(Ni,Mn)和纳米级金刚石颗粒组成,未发现石墨结构;金刚石晶面的AFM形貌与所对应的包膜表面形貌相近,但又不互为负形;金刚石(100)晶面为细小的颗粒状表面,而(111)晶面呈现出有台阶的平直表面。结果表明金刚石的生长不是源于石墨结构的直接转变。在高温高压下,金刚石/包膜界面至包膜熔体的温度梯度差异导致了金刚石晶面形貌的不同。
