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The Effect of Boron on the Structure and Conductivity of Thin Films Obtained by Laser Ablation of Diamond with Deposition at 700°C

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Publication Date2018-06-01
JournalTechnical Physics Letters
AuthorsР. И. Романов, V. Yu. Fominski, Pavel V. Zinin, I. A. Troyan, D. V. Fominski
InstitutionsRussian Academy of Sciences, Institute for High Pressure Physics
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Structural features of CBx films obtained by pulsed laser ablation of targets made of pressed diamond powder with boron-powder additions at B/C atomic ratio of x = 0.33 have been studied. The films were deposited on heated substrates, so that diffusion processes involving C and B atoms on the surface and in the volume of films were possible. Selected conditions of film deposition ensured their effective doping with boron (0.4 ≤ x ≤ 0.6). The incorporation of B atoms was accompanied by the formation of B-C chemical bonds, whereas the formation of sp2 graphite bonds and their ordering in clusters with laminar packing was suppressed. The films possessed very low resistivity (~1.4 mΩ cm) at room temperature and exhibited metallic type of conductance on decreasing the temperature to 77 K.

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