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Title
Local bond length variations in boron-doped nanocrystalline diamond measured by spatially resolved electron energy-loss spectroscopy
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Abstract
Variations in local bond length and coordination in boron-doped nanocrystalline diamond (NCD) films have been studied through changes in the fine structure of boron and carbon K-edges in electron energy-loss spectra, acquired in a scanning transmission electron microscope. The presence of high concentrations of B in pristine diamond regions and enrichment of B at defects in single NCD grains is demonstrated. Local bond length variations are evidenced through an energy shift of the carbon 1s → σ* edge at B-rich defective regions within single diamond grains, indicating an expansion of the diamond bond length at sites with local high B content.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Applied physics letters / American Institute of Physics. - New York, N.Y., 1962, currens
Publication
New York, N.Y. : American Institute of Physics , 2013
ISSN
0003-6951 [print]
1077-3118 [online]
DOI
10.1063/1.4813842
Volume/pages
103 :3 (2013) , p. 1-5
Article Reference
032105
ISI
000322146300049
Medium
E-only publicatie
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UAntwerpen
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Research group
Project info
European Soft Matter Infrastructure (ESMI).
Counting Atoms in Nanomaterials (COUNTATOMS).
Study of mechanisms for diamond nucleation in the presence of a metal based interlayer.
MATCON: Materials and Interfaces for Energy Conversion and Storages
DINAMO: Development of diamond intracellular nanoprobes for oncogen transformation dynamics
Exploring electron vortex beams (VORTEX).
Quantum effects in clusters and nanowires.
XANES meets ELNES: a study of heterogeneous materials at different length scales.
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Last edited 09.10.2023
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