Materials Research Group in Diamond and Diamondlike Materials

该奖项是为材料研究小组的更新， 凯斯西方大学关于低压增长的主题 金刚石和类金刚石材料。 主要实验 计划领域是：（1）研究成核和生长的 金刚石和类金刚石材料，包括 分子前体，生长过程中缺陷的起源和作用， 和异质外延生长，（2）基本结构和 性能测量，包括机械性能、运输 性质，掺杂和氢的影响。 理论 研究包括：（1）成核的分子轨道研究， 生长，（2）界面的电子结构计算， 表面，（3）生长的蒙特卡罗计算机建模，以及（4） 反应堆建模 金刚石和类金刚石薄膜 其特征在于使用离子束分析，电子显微镜，傅立叶 变换核磁共振，傅里叶变换红外 光谱、X射线衍射和拉曼散射。 的 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.