scholarly journals Scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy studies of superconducting boron-doped diamond films

2006 ◽  
Vol 7 (sup1) ◽  
pp. S22-S26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terukazu Nishizaki ◽  
Yoshihiko Takano ◽  
Masanori Nagao ◽  
Tomohiro Takenouchi ◽  
Hiroshi Kawarada ◽  
...  
2009 ◽  
Vol 80 (22) ◽  
Author(s):  
B. L. Willems ◽  
V. H. Dao- ◽  
J. Vanacken ◽  
L. F. Chibotaru ◽  
V. V. Moshchalkov ◽  
...  

2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 444-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanju Gupta ◽  
John Farmer ◽  
Dario Daghero ◽  
Renato Gonnelli

We report temperature-dependent electrical resistivity (or dc conductivity, σdc) down to 4 K for pristine and gamma-irradiated microwave plasma-assisted chemical vapor-deposited boron-doped diamond films with [B]/[C]gas = 4000 ppm to gain insights into the nature of conduction mechanism, distribution, and kinetics of point defects generated due to gamma irradiation prompted by the article [Gupta et al., J. Mater. Res.24, 1498 (2009)]. The pristine samples exhibit typical metallic conduction up to 50 K and with reduction in temperature to 25 K, the σdc decreases monotonically followed by saturation at 4 K, suggesting “disordered” metal or “localized” behavior. For irradiated films, continuous increasing resistivity with decreasing temperature demonstrates semiconducting behavior with thermal activation/hopping conduction phenomena. It is intriguing to propose that irradiation leads to substantial hydrogen redistribution leading to unexpected low-temperature resistivity behavior. Scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy helped to illustrate local grain and grain boundary effects.


1994 ◽  
Vol 3 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 94-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shenda M. Baker ◽  
George R. Rossman ◽  
John D. Baldeschwieler

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (15) ◽  
pp. 1362014 ◽  
Author(s):  
TERUKAZU NISHIZAKI ◽  
TAKAHIKO SASAKI ◽  
NORIO KOBAYASHI ◽  
YOSHIHIKO TAKANO ◽  
MASANORI NAGAO ◽  
...  

We report on scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy (STM/STS) experiments on boron-doped diamond films. The tunneling conductance dI/dV spectra measured on the (111)-oriented surface show spatial variations which distribute irrespective of the surface morphology. The spatial variations are discussed in terms of characteristic features of the superconductivity under the condition of the considerable disorder by the boron doping.


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