Materials Research Group in Diamond and Diamondlike Materials

这一奖项是为了表彰凯斯西大学材料研究小组关于钻石和类似钻石材料的低压生长的课题。主要的实验计划领域是：(1)研究金刚石和类似金刚石材料的成核和生长，包括分子前体的性质，生长过程中缺陷的来源和作用，以及异质外延生长，(2)基本的结构和性能测量，包括机械性能，传输性能，掺杂和氢的影响。理论研究包括：(1)成核和生长的分子轨道研究，(2)界面和表面的电子结构计算，(3)生长的蒙特卡罗计算机模拟，(4)反应器模拟。用离子束分析、电子显微镜、傅里叶变换核磁共振、傅立叶变换红外光谱、X射线衍射和拉曼散射等手段对金刚石和类金刚石薄膜进行了表征。实验和理论工作是高度互动的。

This award is for the renewal of the Materials Research Group at Case Western University on the topic of low pressure growth of diamond and diamond-like materials. The principal experimental program areas are: (1) studies of the nucleation and growth of diamond and diamond-like materials including the nature of the molecular precursors, the origin and role of defects during growth, and heteroepitaxial growth, (2) fundamental structural and property measurements including mechanical properties, transport properties, influence of doping and hydrogen. The theoretical studies include: (1) molecular orbital studies of nucleation and growth, (2) electronic structure calculations of interfaces and surfaces, (3) Monte Carlo computer modelling of growth, and (4) reactor modelling. The diamond and diamond-like films are characterized using ion beam analysis, electron microscopy, Fourier transform nuclear magnetic resonance, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, x-ray diffraction, and Raman scattering. The experimental and theoretical efforts are highly interactive.