Materials Research Group in Low Pressure, Metastable Growth of Diamond and Diamondlike Materials

这是一项跨学科的研究，涉及化学工程、材料科学、物理和化学学系的教师。研究重点是通过简单化学气相沉积（CVD）技术制备金刚石（及相关类金刚石）材料的成核和生长机制的基础科学。通过CVD生长金刚石薄膜是近几十年来出现的最重要的新材料技术之一。金刚石膜技术潜在的经济影响是非常大的。该MRG的基础研究包括：(1)金刚石成核和生长过程的实验研究；(2)类金刚石材料的基本物理和输运性质的测量；(3)金刚石表面结构、金刚石核、类金刚石材料以及成核和生长过程动力学的理论研究。

This is an interdisciplinary research effort involving faculty from Department of Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics and Chemistry. The research focuses on the fundamental science of nucleation and growth mechanisms of diamond (and related diamond-like) materials produced via simple chemical vapor deposition (CVD) techniques. Growth of diamond films via CVD is one of the most significant new materials technologies to emerge in recent decades. The potential economic impact of diamond film technology is very great. The basic research of this MRG includes (1) experimental studies of diamond nucleation and growth processes, (2) fundamental physical and transport property measurements on diamond-like materials, and (3) theoretical studies of structure of diamond surfaces, diamond nuclei, diamond-like materials and dynamics of nucleation and growth processes.