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Small Scale Electronic Transport in Diamond Microcrystals.
Diamond and Related Materials (1997)
  • M. D. Jaeger
  • S. Hyun
  • Anthony Roy Day, John Carroll University
  • M. F. Thorpe
  • B. Golding
Abstract

The interpretation of electronic transport in polycrystalline diamond has proven difficult as a result of the disorder arising from physical and chemical inhomogeneities. We describe experimental methods, based on electron beam lithography, for studying transport in single crystallites grown by CVD on Si substrates. The electrical contacting process utilizes the flexibility of the scanning electron microscope to write metallic contacts to individual crystallites with lateral dimensions of a few μm. A detailed analysis of the current distribution in the crystals allows us to extract the electronic conductivity from arbitrarily shaped, faceted crystals.

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Publication Date
March, 1997
Publisher Statement
©1997 Elsevier Science S.A. DOI: 10.1016/S0925-9635(96)00707-8
Citation Information
M. D. Jaeger, S. Hyun, Anthony Roy Day, M. F. Thorpe, et al.. "Small Scale Electronic Transport in Diamond Microcrystals." Diamond and Related Materials Vol. 6 Iss. 2-4 (1997)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/anthony_day/26/