Superconducting boron doped nanocrystalline diamond on boron nitride ceramics

Soumen Mandal; Henry A. Bland; Jerome A. Cuenca; Malcolm Snowball; Oliver A. Williams

doi:10.1039/C9NR02729G

Superconducting boron doped nanocrystalline diamond on boron nitride ceramics

Superconductivity 2019-06-17 v1 Applied Physics

Authors: Soumen Mandal , Henry A. Bland , Jerome A. Cuenca , Malcolm Snowball , Oliver A. Williams

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Abstract

In this work we have demonstrated the growth of nanocrystalline diamond on boron nitride ceramic. We measured the zeta potential of the ceramics to select the diamond seeds. Diamond was then grown on the seeded ceramics using a microwave chemical vapour deposition system. A clear difference was found between the samples which were seeded with nanodiamond and the ones not seeded before growth. Raman spectroscopy confirmed the excellent quality of the diamond film. Dielectric measurements showed an increase in the dielectric constant of the material after diamond growth. The diamond was also doped with boron to make it superconducting. The film had a transition temperature close to 3.4K. Similar strategies can be applied for growth of diamond on other types of ceramics.

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nanocrystalline diamond boron nitride ceramics boron doping superconductivity microwave cvd raman spectroscopy zeta potential

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@article{arxiv.1905.02979,
  title  = {Superconducting boron doped nanocrystalline diamond on boron nitride ceramics},
  author = {Soumen Mandal and Henry A. Bland and Jerome A. Cuenca and Malcolm Snowball and Oliver A. Williams},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.02979},
  year   = {2019}
}

Superconducting boron doped nanocrystalline diamond on boron nitride ceramics

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