Insights into the Growth of (Ultra)nanocrystalline Diamond by Combined Molecular Dynamics and Monte Carlo Simulations
Insights into the Growth of (Ultra)nanocrystalline Diamond by Combined Molecular Dynamics and Monte Carlo Simulations
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通过结合分子动力学和蒙特卡罗模拟深入了解(超)纳米晶金刚石的生长
DOI:
10.1021/cg100063c
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发表时间:
2010
影响因子:
3.8
通讯作者:
A. Bogaerts
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作者:
M. Eckert;E. Neyts;A. Bogaerts
In this paper, we present the results of combined molecular dynamics-Metropolis Monte Carlo (MD-MMC) simulationsofhydrocarbonspeciesatflatdiamond(100)2 ! 1and(111)1 ! 1surfaces.Theinvestigatedspeciesareconsideredto be the most important growth species for (ultra)nanocrystalline diamond ((U)NCD) growth. When applying the MMC algorithm to stuck species at monoradical sites, bonding changes are only seen for CH2. The sequence of the bond breaking and formationasputforwardbytheMMCsimulationsmimicstheinsertionofCH2intoasurfacedimerasproposedinthestandard growth model of diamond. For hydrocarbon species attached to two adjacent radical ("biradical") sites, the MMC simulations give rise to significant changes in the bonding structure. For UNCD, the combinations of C3 and C3H2, and C3 and C4H2 (at diamond (100)2 ! 1) and C and C2H2 (at diamond (111)1 ! 1) are the most successful in nucleating new crystal layers. For NCD,thefollowingcombinationspursuethediamondstructurethebest:C2H2andC3H2(atdiamond(100)2 ! 1)andCH2and C2H2(atdiamond(111)1 ! 1).Thedifferentbehaviorsofthehydrocarbonspeciesatthetwodiamondsurfacesarerelatedtothe different sterical hindrances at the diamond surfaces.