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Authors:
Reichart, Patrick; Datzmann, Gerd; Hauptner, Andreas; Hertenberger, Ralf; Wild, C.; Dollinger, Günther 
Document type:
Zeitschriftenartikel / Journal Article 
Title:
Three-Dimensional Hydrogen Microscopy in Diamond 
Journal:
Science 
Volume:
306 
Issue:
5701 
Year:
2004 
Pages from - to:
1537-1540 
Language:
Englisch 
Keywords:
Hydrogen atom ; Lateral resolution ; Sensitivity, Chemical vapor deposition ; Grain boundaries ; Hydrogen ; Microscopic examination ; Monolayers ; Polycrystalline materials ; Three dimensional, Diamonds, diamond ; hydrogen ; proton, diamond ; hydrogen ; microscopy, article ; atomic force microscopy ; electron ; energy ; microscopy ; priority journal 
Abstract:
A microprobe of protons with an energy of 17 million electron volts is used to quantitatively image three-dimensional hydrogen distributions at a lateral resolution better than 1 micrometer with high sensitivity. Hydrogen images of a <110>-textured undoped polycrystalline diamond film show that most of the hydrogen is located at grain boundaries. The average amount of hydrogen atoms along the grain boundaries is (8.1 ± 1.5) × 1014 per square centimeter, corresponding to about a third of a monolayer. The hydrogen content within the grain is below the experimental sensitivity of 1.4 × 1016 atoms per cubic centimeter (0.08 atomic parts per million). The data prove a low hydrogen content within chemical vapor deposition–grown diamond and the importance of hydrogen at grain boundaries, for example, with respect to electronic properties of polycrystalline diamond. 
ISSN:
0036-8075 
Department:
Fakultät für Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik 
Institute:
LRT 2 - Institut für angewandte Physik und Messtechnik 
Chair:
Dollinger, Günther 
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