2020 Volume 61 Issue 9 Pages 1707-1710
We disperse InP nanocrystals into nano-polycrystalline diamond during the direct conversion from graphite as a possible technique to control its solid-state properties. We synthesize diamond, using the high-pressure, high-temperature technique, which encapsulates an InP alloy in close contact with the graphite starting material. X-ray diffraction of the synthesized sample suggests the formation of polycrystalline diamond where the mixed crystals contain InP. Cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy shows the existence of InP nanocrystals with sizes up to approximately 100 nm. The existence of the InP elements can promote the formation of larger crystalline diamond grains arising from liquid sintering, which show a larger grain size over 400 nm compared with the regions without InP, where a grain size of approximately 50 nm is observed.
