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Neutron irradiation and annealing of 10B doped chemical vapor deposited diamond films

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10B doped diamond films grown by hot filament chemical vapor deposition were neutron irradiated at moderately high fluence levels. The as-irradiated and annealed samples, along with an unirradiated sample, were analyzed using Raman spectroscopy and x-ray diffraction. It was found that a non-diamond amorphous phase was formed on irradiation. This phase transformed back to diamond on annealing. No graphite formation was observed. A comparison with nanodiamond powder was made. A similarity between irradiated diamond films and nanocrystalline diamond powder is discussed.

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  1. Nuclear Engineering Department, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, 65211, USA

    S. A. Khasawinah, Galina Popovici, T. Sung & M. A. Prelas

  2. Rockford Diamond Technology, Professional Arts Bldg., 501 S. Sixth Street, Champaign, Illinois, 61820-55789, USA

    Galina Popovici

  3. University of Missouri Research Reactor, Columbia, Missouri, 65211, USA

    J. Farmer

  4. Physics Department, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, 65211, USA

    J. Chamberlain & H. White

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Khasawinah, S.A., Popovici, G., Farmer, J. et al. Neutron irradiation and annealing of 10B doped chemical vapor deposited diamond films. Journal of Materials Research 10, 2523–2530 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.1995.2523

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