Thin Film Diamond

✍ Scribed by John C. Angus, Alberto Argoitia, Roy Gat, Zhidan Li, Mahendra Sunkara (auth.), Alan H. Lettington, J. W. Steeds (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 159
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Researchers in materials, physics and mechanical engineering will find this book a timely review of a rapidly advancing field and it will provide practicing engineers in the elctronics and manufacturing industries with a valuable overview of thin film diamond for years to come - Diamond Films and Technology

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Chemical vapour deposition of diamond....Pages 1-14
Thin film diamond growth mechanisms....Pages 15-30
Microwave plasma CVD and related techniques for low pressure diamond synthesis....Pages 31-53
Local epitaxial growth of diamond on nickel from the vapour phase....Pages 55-61
The optical and electronic properties of semiconducting diamond....Pages 63-74
The thermal conductivity of cvd diamond films....Pages 75-81
Electron irradiation and heat treatment of polycrystalline cvd diamond....Pages 83-90
Strength, fracture and erosion properties of cvd diamond....Pages 91-105
Deposition of diamond-like carbon....Pages 107-116
Applications of diamond-like carbon thin films....Pages 117-126
Diamond as a wear-resistant coating....Pages 127-141
Thermal and optical applications of thin film diamond....Pages 143-152
Back Matter....Pages 153-157

✦ Subjects

Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation; Industrial and Production Engineering; Optical and Electronic Materials; Physical Chemistry; Mechanical Engineering