Diamond Film Growth
Personnel - Professors May and Ashfold and Dr Fox.
- CVD Diamond Research Group homepage
- growth of diamond films by chemical vapour deposition (CVD) and pulsed laser ablation (PLA), on a wide variety of substrate materials and shapes;
- studies of gas phase chemistry involved in a variety of diamond CVD environments via molecular beam mass spectrometry, optical probing and complementary modelling;
- field emission properties of diamond films;
- use of diamond coated fibres as reinforcements in metal matrix composites and grinding and polishing applications;
- preparation of boron-doped diamond electrodes for electrochemical applications.