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A new tubular hot-wire CVD for diamond coating

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A new tubular hot-wire chemical vapor deposition (HWCVD) system using a tubular quartz vacuum chamber has been fabricated. The filaments in this system can heat the substrate and act as a gas activator and thermally activator for gas species at the same time. The nano- and microcrystalline diamond coatings on the surface of steel AISI 316 substrates have been grown. To assess the results, SEM and FESEM images and Raman spectroscopy investigations have been applied. The results reveal that micro- and nanocrystalline diamond structures have been formed in the coatings, but the disordered diamond and some non-diamond phases, such as graphitic carbons, are also present in the coating layers. The analytical measurements show the growth of diamond films with well-faceted crystals in (111) direction. However, intrinsic stress, secondary nucleation, and poor adhesion are the main issues of future research for this new designed HWCVD.

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    Hamid Motahari, Samad Moemen Bellah & Rasoul Malekfar

  2. Department of Process Modeling and Control, Faculty of Engineering, Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

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Motahari, H., Bellah, S.M. & Malekfar, R. A new tubular hot-wire CVD for diamond coating. Appl. Phys. A 123, 411 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-017-1024-0

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