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Growth Mechanism of CVD Diamond

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Non-Classical Crystallization of Thin Films and Nanostructures in CVD and PVD Processes

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The dominant formation of metastable diamond over stable graphite could be explained by comparing the nucleation barrier between diamond and graphite in Chap. 5 based on the classical nucleation theory. However, very puzzling deposition behaviour was observed on an iron substrate under the condition where diamonds deposit on a silicon substrate . This puzzling deposition behaviour was a starting point for the endeavour to investigate the growth mechanism of diamond .

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Hwang, N.M. (2016). Growth Mechanism of CVD Diamond. In: Non-Classical Crystallization of Thin Films and Nanostructures in CVD and PVD Processes. Springer Series in Surface Sciences, vol 60. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7616-5_6

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