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Superconducting Diamond on Silicon Nitride for Device Applications

Superconducting Diamond on Silicon Nitride for Device Applications

Henry A Bland, Evan L H Thomas, Georgina M Klemencic, Soumen Mandal, David J Morgan, Andreas Papageorgiou, Tyrone G Jones, Oliver A Williams

Sci Rep. 2019 Feb 27;9(1):2911.

PMID: 30814646

Abstract:

Chemical vapour deposition (CVD) grown nanocrystalline diamond is an attractive material for the fabrication of devices. For some device architectures, optimisation of its growth on silicon nitride is essential. Here, the effects of three pre-growth surface treatments, often employed as cleaning methods, were investigated. Such treatments provide control over the surface charge of the silicon nitride substrate through modification of the surface functionality, allowing for the optimisation of electrostatic diamond seeding densities. Zeta potential measurements and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) were used to analyse the silicon nitride surface following each treatment. Exposing silicon nitride to an oxygen plasma offered optimal surface conditions for the electrostatic self-assembly of a hydrogen-terminated diamond nanoparticle monolayer. The subsequent growth of boron-doped nanocrystalline diamond thin films on modified silicon nitride, under CVD conditions, produced coalesced films for oxygen plasma and solvent treatments, whilst pin-holing of the diamond film was observed following RCA-1 treatment. The sharpest superconducting transition was observed for diamond grown on oxygen plasma treated silicon nitride, demonstrating it to be of the least structural disorder. Modifications to the substrate surface optimise the seeding and growth processes for the fabrication of diamond on silicon nitride devices.

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Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP12033895	Silicon nitride		12033-89-5	Price

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