The oxidation of diamond: the geometry and stretching frequency of carbonyl on the (100) surface
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Published on: April 27, 2016
Phillip John1, Neil Polwart, Clare E Troupe
1School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, Scotland, U.K. P.John@hw.ac.uk
Abstract:
Microwave plasma deposited (100) diamond films have been thermally oxidized in dry O2 between 500 and 723 degrees C. The roughness of a single crystalline grain following oxidation is consistent with a layer-by-layer mechanism for the removal of carbon monoxide. The resulting surface exhibits infrared absorption bands at 1731 and 905 cm-1, attributed to the stretching and bending modes of a surface bonded carbonyl group. The former is within 1 cm-1 of the structurally analogous molecule 2-adamantanone. These data are consistent with the carbonyl groups being present on diamond (100) terraces.
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