Selective Nucleation of Single Crystal CVD Diamond and its Applicability to Semiconductor Devices

Abstract

ABSTRACTUsing selective nucleation at edges or corners of μ m-size dots of Si, periodically arrayed diamond particles have been reproducibly fabricated. The particles are grown from single nuclei and have nearly-single crystal features. The properties of the diamond arrays compared with polycrystalline films have been investigated using cathodoluminescence and Schottky diodes.