title: Novel Diamond Films Synthesis Strategy: Methanol and Argon Atmosphere by Microwave Plasma CVD Method Without Hydrogen.
abstract: Diamond thin films are grown on silicon substrates by only using methanol and argon mixtures in microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition (MPCVD) reactor. It is worth mentioning that the novel strategy makes the synthesis reaction works smoothly without hydrogen atmosphere, and the substrates temperature is only 500 °C. The evidence of surface morphology and thickness under different time is obtained by characterizing the samples using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). X-ray diffractometer (XRD) spectrum reveals that the preferential orientation of (111) plane sample is obtained. The Raman spectra indicate that the dominant component of all the samples is a diamond. Moreover, the diamond phase content of the targeted films was quantitatively analyzed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) method, and the surface roughness of diamond films was investigated by atomic force microscope (AFM). Meanwhile, the possible synthesis mechanism of the diamond films in methanol- and argon-mixed atmosphere was discussed.
authors.affiliation: State International Joint Research Center of Advanced Technology for Superhard Materials, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650093, China.|State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650093, China.|National Local Joint Laboratory of Engineering Application of Microwave Energy and Equipment Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, 650093, China.|Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, 650093, China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: State International Joint Research Center of Advanced Technology for Superhard Materials, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650093, China.|National Local Joint Laboratory of Engineering Application of Microwave Energy and Equipment Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, 650093, China.|Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, 650093, China.
authors.forename: Caiyi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: State International Joint Research Center of Advanced Technology for Superhard Materials, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650093, China.|State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650093, China.|National Local Joint Laboratory of Engineering Application of Microwave Energy and Equipment Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, 650093, China.|Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, 650093, China.
authors.forename: Shenghui
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: State International Joint Research Center of Advanced Technology for Superhard Materials, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650093, China. zhanglibopaper@126.com.|State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650093, China. zhanglibopaper@126.com.|National Local Joint Laboratory of Engineering Application of Microwave Energy and Equipment Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, 650093, China. zhanglibopaper@126.com.|Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, 650093, China. zhanglibopaper@126.com.
authors.forename: Libo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Environment, Yunnan Minzu University, Kunming, 650500, China.
authors.forename: Jiyun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: State International Joint Research Center of Advanced Technology for Superhard Materials, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650093, China.|State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650093, China.|National Local Joint Laboratory of Engineering Application of Microwave Energy and Equipment Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, 650093, China.|Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, 650093, China.
authors.forename: Jinhui
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.affiliation: State International Joint Research Center of Advanced Technology for Superhard Materials, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650093, China.|National Local Joint Laboratory of Engineering Application of Microwave Energy and Equipment Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, 650093, China.|Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, 650093, China.
authors.forename: Tu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: State International Joint Research Center of Advanced Technology for Superhard Materials, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650093, China.|State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650093, China.|Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, 650093, China.
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
keywords: Diamond films; Methanol; Microwave plasma CVD; Synthesis strategy