Nearest-neighbor distance distribution of diamond nuclei on substrate surfaces
- 31 March 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 70 (13) , 1697-1699
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.118673
Abstract
The origin of a nucleation density depletion around each diamond nucleus on a Si substrate surface is here related to a deformation zone induced by the diamond-substrate lattice misfit. This phenomenon determines a limitation on the maximum nucleation density obtainable.Keywords
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