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Resistivity of boron-doped diamond microcrystals
Applied Physics Letters (1998)
  • M. D. Jaeger
  • S. Hyun
  • Anthony Roy Day, John Carroll University
  • M. F. Thorpe
  • B. Golding
Abstract

We describe measurements of the electrical resistivity of micron-size crystallites of boron-doped diamond. Electron-beam lithography was employed for writing sample-specific contacts on small, well-faceted diamond crystals grown by chemical-vapor deposition on silicon substrates. After generating a three-dimensional computer model of the crystallite, a finite-element analysis was used to calculate the internal electrostatic potential distribution. Multiterminal resistance measurements, in conjunction with a computed geometrical factor, enabled the absolute resistivity to be determined. We find that the resistivities obtained from two different crystallites agree to better than 10%. The results are compared with transport measurements on a large-area homoepitaxial diamond film grown simultaneously with the crystallites. This method can be generalized to obtain electrical transport properties of other small, irregularly shaped samples.

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Publication Date
May 11, 1998
Publisher Statement
Jaeger, M.D., S. Hyun, Day, A.R., et al. (1998). Resistivity of boron-doped diamond microcrystals, Applied Physics Letters, 72 (19), 2445-2447. Doi 10.1063/1.121680 ©1998 American Physical Society
Citation Information
M. D. Jaeger, S. Hyun, Anthony Roy Day, M. F. Thorpe, et al.. "Resistivity of boron-doped diamond microcrystals" Applied Physics Letters Vol. 72 Iss. 19 (1998)
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