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Morphology of twinned diamond particles
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 March 2011
Abstract
Morphology of twinned diamond particles grown by chemical vapor deposition was characterized by atomic force microscopy in both contact and tapping modes. Quantitative angle measurements using a surface normal algorithm were performed on untwinned crystals, penetration twins, re-entrant corners, and fivefold dimples. Tip-sample interaction is discussed. The morphology of the penetration twins and some of the re-entrant corners can be explained by low order Σ3 twins and flat crystallographic surfaces. Abnormally shallow re-entrants with large vicinal faces are attributed to rapid nucleation of new layers at a point along the re-entrant intersection.
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