• The Korean Journal of Ceramics
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.193-196
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• 1996

A new type of electron emitter device of chemical-vapor-deposited diamond thin film is proposed. The device is a diode of metal-insulator-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) structure consisting of an intrinsic polycrystalline diamond film as the insulator, an aluminium electrode on one side, and hydrogenated diamond surface on the other side as the p-type semconductor with negative electron affinity (NEA). Electrons will be injected and/or excited to the conduction band of intrinsic diamond layer to be emitted from the hydrogenated diamond surface of NEA.

• Journal of Korean Vacuum Science & Technology
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.10-15
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• 1999

Using micro-wells on the Mo substrate, we could obtain various tubular-volcano-types of free-standing diamond field emitters by depositing a diamond film detaching the film and turning the film upside down. The field emission characteristics of these structures were investigated as a function of size, shape and the number density of the tubular-volcano-type diamond field emitters. The field emission characteristics, especially the current density, were greatly enhanced with increasing the number density of the tubular-volcano-type diamond field emitters on the Mo substrate. Based on these results, we suggest that the reduction of the well size can give better field emission characteristics by the increase in the number density of the tubular-volcano-type diamond field emitters. Finally, we suggest the feasibility of fabricating a large-area field emission display using our patterned tubular-volcano-type free-standing diamond field emitters.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제10권9호
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• pp.648-655
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• 2000

다이아몬드 합성 조건에서 질소 첨가량은 0%에서 95%까지 변화하였을 때의 합성 거동을 조사하였다. 질소 첨가량이 증가함에 따라 합성된 상은 {100} 성장면으로 이루어진 다이아몬드 막에서 고유의 결정면이 사라지고 나조 크기의 결정들로 이루어진 다이아몬 막으로 변화하였다. 심지어 수소가 없어 메탄과 질소만의 경우에서도 다이아몬드 막 합성이 가능함을 보여주었다. 또한 다이아몬드 구조를 갖는 개별적 입자의 형태는 30%∼80% 질소 첨가범위에서 정팔면체의 결정모양을 가졌고, 이 범위에서 기판온도가 증가함에 따라 육방정 모양의 새로운 결정상을 관찰하였다. 다이아몬드 막의 경우 질소, 첨가량에 무관하게 질소 혼입향은 측정되지 않을 만큼 적었지만, 육방정 결정상은 Si, C 그리고 N으로 이루어진 SiCN화합물임을 확인하였다.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제50권5호
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• pp.352-359
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• 2017

The growth of nanocrystalline diamond films on a p-type poly silicon substrate was studied using microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition method. A 6 mm thick poly silicon plate was mirror polished and scratched in an ultrasonic bath containing slurries made of 30 cc ethanol and 1 gram of diamond powders having different sizes between 5 and 200 nm. Upon diamond deposition, the specimen scratched in a slurry with the smallest size of diamond powder exhibited the highest diamond particle density and, in turn, fastest diamond film growth rate. Diamond deposition was carried out applying different DC bias voltages (0, -50, -100, -150, -200 V) to the substrate. In the early stage of diamond deposition up to 2 h, the effect of voltage bias was not prominent probably because the diamond nucleation was retarded by ion bombardment onto the substrate. After 4 h of deposition, the film growth rate increased with the modest bias of -100 V and -150 V. With a bigger bias condition(-200 V), the growth rate decreased possibly due to the excessive ion bombardment on the substrate. The film grown under -150V bias exhibited the lowest contact angle and the highest surface roughness, which implied the most hydrophilic surface among the prepared samples. The film growth rate increased with the apparent activation energy of 21.04 kJ/mol as the deposition temperature increased in the range of $300{\sim}600^{\circ}C$.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제32권7호
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• pp.793-798
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• 1995

The relaxation of the intrinsic stresses in the diamond films fabricated by the hot filament CVD was studied, and it was confirmed that the tensile intrinsic stresses in the films could be controlled without any degradation in the quality of the diamond films. The tensile intrinsic stresses in the films decreased from 2.97 to 1.42 GPa when the substrate thickness increased from 1 to 10mm. This result showed that the residual stress was affected by the substrate thickness as well as by the interaction between grains. Applying of ＋50 V between the W filament and the Si substrate during deposition, the tensile intrinsic stress in the film deposited at 0 V was decreased from 2.40 GPa to 0.71 GPa. Such large decrease in the tensile intrinsic stress was due to $\beta$-SiC which acted as a buffer layer for the stress relaxation. However, the application of the large voltage above ＋200V resulted in the change of quality of the diamond film, and nearly had no effect on relaxation in the tensile intrinsic stress.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.240-248
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• 1998

화학기상증착 방법에 의한 다결정 다이아몬드 박막성장을 위한 공정가운데 가장 많이 사용되는 기법중의 하나가 바로 플라즈마에 의한 방법이다. 특히 플라즈마 화학기상증착(Plasma-Enhanced CVD)기술에 의한 다이아몬드 박막응용은 그 공정에 대한 세부 조정을 통하여 더욱 향상시킬 수 있다. 다이아몬드 박막증착의 경우 중요 변수들은 다이아몬드 필름이 증착되는 기판(substrate)의 온도, $CH_4/H_2$가스비율, 전체가스 압력 및 가스 excitation에너지 등이다. 분광 ellipsometry는 다이아몬드 필름 증착과 관련된 극단적인 환경에서도 물리적인 접촉이나 만들어지는 샘플의 손상없이도 필름자체의 여러 성질뿐만 아니라 기초 샘플의 온도까지도 결정할 수 있는 좋은 방법이다. 이러한 장점들을 이용하여 양질의 다이아몬드 박막을 성장시키기 위한 조건과 그에 따른 박막 특성을 얻기 위하여 분광 ellipsomerry의 사용과 해석이 소개된다. 그리고, 분광 ellipsometry를 이용, 플라즈마 화학기상증착 기술에 의하여 성장되는 다이아몬드 박막으로부터 나타나는 중요 변수들이 결정될 것이며 이러한 변수들은 필름의 두께, 필름에 포함되는 void 및 비다이아몬드의 체적비와, 그들의 시간에 따른 변화등을 포함한다. 그리고 샘플이 원하는 두께까지 성장된 후에 라만 분광기로 측정되어 다이아몬드 성분을 확인한다.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제10권8호
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• pp.575-580
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• 2000

Ta(TaC) 필라멘트를 이용한 HF-CVD 법에 의하여 $Si_3N_4$, SiC, WC, $Al_2O_3$를 기판으로 다이아몬드 박막을 증착하고, 그 밀착특성을 평가하였다. 로내의 $CH_4$농도를 10%로 높게 하였을 경우에는 막중에 graphitic(amorphous) carbon이 생성됨을 확인할 수 있었다. 박막을 $12\mu\textrm{m}$ 정도까지 두껍게 하면, WC기판에서는 부분적 박리형상이 관찰되었으나, $Si_3N_4$를 기판으로 하였을 경우에는 안정한 박막을 얻을 수 있었다. Indentation test 결과로부터 grainding에 의한 기판표 처리가 밀착성 향상에 효과적이라는 것을 알 수 있었다. 또 compression topple test에서는 박막의 두께는 밀착성과 반비례의 관계를 가지는 것을 알 수 있었다. 수 있었다.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.131-136
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• 2011

A kinetic study has been made for the growth of nanocrystalline diamond (NCD) particles to a continuous thin film on silicon substrate in a microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition reactor. Parameters of deposition have been microwave power of 1.2 kW, the chamber pressure of 110 Torr, and the Ar/$CH_4$ ratio of 200/2 sccm. The deposition has been carried out at temperatures in the range of $400\sim700^{\circ}C$ for the times of 0.5~16 h. It has been revealed that a continuous diamond film evolves from the growth and coalescence of diamond crystallites (or particles), which have been heterogeneously nucleated at the previously scratched sites. The diamond particles grow following an $h^2$ = k't relationship, where h is the height of particles, k' is the particle growth rate constant, and t is the deposition time. The k' values at the different deposition temperatures satisfy an Arrhenius equation with the apparent activation energy of 4.37 kcal/mol or 0.19 eV/ atom. The rate limiting step should be the diffusion of carbon species over the Si substrate surface. The growth of diamond film thickness (H) shows an H = kt relationship with deposition time, t. The film growth rate constant, k, values at the different deposition temperatures show another Arrhenius-type expression with the apparent activation energy of 3.89 kcal/mol or 0.17 eV/atom. In this case, the rate limiting step might be the incorporation reaction of carbon species from the plasma on the film surface.

• 한국윤활학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국윤활학회 1997년도 제25회 춘계학술대회
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• pp.69-73
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• 1997

Microwave Plasma assisted CVD (Chemical Vapor Deposition) and DC Plasma CVD were used to prepare thin and thick diamond film, respectively. Diamond coated silicon nitride and fiee standing diamond thick film were eroded by silicon carbide particles. The velocity of the solid particle was about 220m/sec. Phase transformation and the other crack formation were investigated by using Raman spectroscopy and microscopy.

• 열처리공학회지
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.75-80
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• 2021

The crystal grains of polycrystalline diamond vary depending on deposition conditions and growth thickness. The diamond thin film deposited by the CVD method has a very rough growth surface. On average, the surface roughness of a diamond thin film deposited by CVD is in the range of 1-100 um. However, the high surface roughness of diamond is unsuitable for application in industrial applications, so the surface roughness must be lowered. As the surface roughness decreases, the scattering of incident light is reduced, the heat conduction is improved, the mechanical surface friction coefficient can be lowered, and the transmittance can also be improved. In addition, diamond-coated cutting tools have the advantage of enabling ultra-precise machining. In this study, the surface roughness of diamond was improved by thermal diffusion reaction between diamond carbon atoms and ferrous metals at high temperature for diamond thin films deposited by MPCVD.