Output details
13 - Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials
Newcastle University
Article title
Acceptor level of nitrogen in diamond and the 270-nm absorption band
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
Physical Review B
Article number
033205
Volume number
80
Issue number
3
First page of article
-
ISSN of journal
1550-235X
Year of publication
2009
Number of additional authors
2
Additional information
Nitrogen is highly soluble and a common impurity in diamond. Previously it was known to be ineffective as a donor, but we showed it unexpectedly acts as an acceptor, adversely affecting the formation of n-type material via phosphorous doping. To prove the connection between the impurity and the acceptor characteristics, we exploited the novel stress-response calculations. The importance of quantitative accuracy is highlighted in the subsequent collaboration with experiment (Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, FOM Institute AMOLF and DeBeers) in the role of substitutional N as an acceptor [Phys. Rev. B 84, art.no. 165202 (2011)].
Interdisciplinary
-
Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
B - Emerging Technologies & Materials (ETM)
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
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