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Characterisation of diamond coatings with different morphologies by Raman spectroscopy using various laser wavelengths

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Since the beginning of low-pressure diamond synthesis, Raman spectroscopy has been widely used to identify and characterise the quality of diamonds. The diamond crystal is characterised by a Raman peak at about 1,332 cm-1. Other peaks are associated with miscellaneous carbon structures, e.g. graphite and amorphous phases. In recent years, both well-faceted crystalline diamonds and nanocrystalline and ultrananocrystalline diamonds have been investigated. For these fine-grained materials, the diamond peak at 1,332 cm-1 disappears and the intensities of peaks at other wavelengths increase. To study the influence of the Raman laser wavelength, three lasers were used (472.681 nm, blue; 532.1 nm, green; 632.81 nm, red). For well-faceted diamonds, the Raman spectra with blue and green laser light were similar. A shift of the peak maxima and different intensities were observed. With use of the red laser, a strong luminescence peak and low peak intensities for the various carbon-related peaks occurred. When the diamond morphology changes from well-faceted to fine-grained ballas diamond, the spectra are similar for all three lasers.

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We thank the COMET Programme sponsored by the Austrian Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft (FFG) and the State of Lower Austria. We also thank Bernhard Gollas for permission to measure the diamond coatings at CEST (Wiener Neustadt), and also Werner Artner and Jaroslaw Wosik for operating the scanning electron microscope and the Raman spectrometer.

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  1. Institute of Chemical Technologies and Analytics, University of Technology Vienna, Getreidemarkt 9/164-CT, 1060, Vienna, Austria

    Moritz Rudigier & Roland Haubner

  2. CEST Kompetenzzentrum für elektrochemische Oberflächentechnologie GmbH, Viktor-Kaplan-Strasse 2, 2700, Wiener Neustadt, Austria

    Moritz Rudigier

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Published in the special paper collection on Solid State Analysis (FKA 16) with guest editor G. Friedbacher.

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Rudigier, M., Haubner, R. Characterisation of diamond coatings with different morphologies by Raman spectroscopy using various laser wavelengths. Anal Bioanal Chem 403, 675–681 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-012-5808-y

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