| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 703032 | Diamond and Related Materials | 2010 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
The structural modifications of polycrystalline hexagonal boron nitride implanted with He+ beams at energies between 200 keV and 1.2 MeV to fluences of 1.0 × 1017 ions cm− 2 were investigated using micro-Raman spectroscopy. The measured Raman spectra show evidence of implantation-induced structural transformations from the hexagonal phase to nanocrystalline cubic boron nitride, rhombohedral boron nitride and amorphous boron nitride phases. The first-order Longitudinal-Optical cubic boron nitride phonon was observed to be downshifted and asymmetrically broadened and this was explained using the spatial correlation model coupled with the high ion implantation-induced defect density.
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Authors
Ronald Machaka, Rudolph M. Erasmus, Trevor E. Derry,