Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 March 2011
We synthesized diamond via gaseous phase of vaporized acetone. Molecular acetone decomposes to two methyl radicals with thermal activation. We propose here a new method for diamond synthesis with these methyl radicals from molecular acetone. With this method, we successfully synthesized diamond particles with shorter experimental time than conventional method. With liquid carbon source, such as acetone, impurity elements will be easily substituted in synthesized diamond thin, film which has wide applications for the future electronic devices.