“Direct visualization of boron dopant distribution and coordination in individual chemical vapor deposition nanocrystalline B-doped diamond grains”. Lu Y-G, Turner S, Verbeeck J, Janssens SD, Wagner P, Haenen K, Van Tendeloo G, Applied physics letters 101, 041907 (2012). http://doi.org/10.1063/1.4738885
Abstract: The boron dopant distribution in individual heavily boron-doped nanocrystalline diamond film grains, with sizes ranging from 100 to 350nm in diameter, has been studied using a combination of high resolution annular dark field scanning transmission electron microscopy and spatially resolved electron energy-loss spectroscopy. Using these tools, the boron distribution and local boron coordination have been determined. Quantification results reveal embedding of B dopants in the diamond lattice, and a preferential enrichment of boron at defective areas and twin boundaries. Coordination mapping reveals a distinct difference in coordination of the B dopants in “pristine” diamond areas and in defective regions. (C) 2012 American Institute of Physics. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4738885]
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
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DOI: 10.1063/1.4738885
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