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Description
We report on the synthesis and electrical characterization of nano-crystalline diamond films grown by hot filament chemical vapor deposition. Low temperature magnetoresistance measurements have shown a crossover in conductivity from hopping, activated to semi-metallic conduction as the nitrogen level in the CVD chamber is increased from 10% - 15%, 20% to 22% respectively. Raman spectroscopy studies and SEM micrograph indicate a change in morphology with deposition parameters such as pressure, temperature and gas chemistry while AFM micrograph suggests a columnar growth process. In the semi-metallic regime the conduction is characterized by anisotropic 3D weak localization mechanism with a weak temperature dependence of the dephasing time (D) approximately (D) T-0.7. Such behavior has been reported in Superlattice structures. Understanding of the transport properties in nano-crystalline diamond films is a perquisite for the application of diamond films in nano-electronics for fast switching and field emission devices.
| Consider for a student <br> award (Yes / No)? | Yes |
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| Would you like to <br> submit a short paper <br> for the Conference <br> Proceedings (Yes / No)? | No |
| Level (Hons, MSc, <br> PhD, other)? | MSc |
