Properties, Growth and Applications of Diamond
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Author(s): M. H. Nazaré and A. J. Neves (Eds)
Publisher: IEE
ISBN: 0852967853
Format: hardback
427pp
Price: £135.00, $195.00
Review Date: 22 February 2001
Review: Diamond is no longer only a gemstone and cutting tool, but is becoming an important 'carbon ceramic'. Results of new developments in the synthesis of diamonds have enabled one to control the film, morphology, shape, and surface - so controlling the diamond's tribological and electronic properties. By cutting down the defects, isotopically pure diamonds can be made. Reproducibility is more exact, so that optical, thermal, mechanical or electronic properties can be managed. There are also new applications, such as in electrochemistry. This book includes 60 papers giving the results of work of researchers on bulk and thin film diamond. They cover: the optical, mechanical and transport properties; diamond 'quality'; electron emission from diamond; diamond surfaces; effects due to nitrogen, hydrogen, transition metals, and silicon; defects due to vacancies and shallow states; diamond growth and doping; and optical, electronic, mechanical and thermal applications.