New materials, studies and innovative applications for CVD diamonds and diamond-like carbon (DLC)

• Grant number: 01/11619-4
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
• Start date: October 01, 2002
• End date: August 31, 2007
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Materials and Metallurgical Engineering - Nonmetallic Materials
• Principal Investigator: Vladimir Jesus Trava-Airoldi
• Grantee: Vladimir Jesus Trava-Airoldi
• Host Institution: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE). São José dos Campos , SP, Brazil
• City of the host institution: São José dos Campos
• Principal investigators: Evaldo Jose Corat ; Nelia Ferreira Leite
• Associated scholarship(s): 05/54252-4 - High adhesion and high hardness DLC growth through ion beam generators with and without acceleration grids, BP.DD; 04/01776-3 - Optimizing ion-beam generation parameters in large areas to obtain high adhesion DLC films, BP.MS

Abstract

This proposal is devoted to my continuation and increment of research and development related with our work concerning to CVD diamond and its related materials involving our Institution and other neighbor research groups. It is intended to get financial support for new equipment, including all kind of materials and services to improvement of new reactors, assembling, tests and operations and for different kind of characterization techniques related with scientific and technological innovation. Also, it is requiring financial support for student formation, national and international cooperation. Studies with XPS, raman scattering spectroscopy at room and at low temperature, atomic force microscopy, lateral force microscopy, nano indentation, are some examples of characterization techniques that will be emphasized in this proposal. Also, important parts of this proposal are studies of boron and lithium doping in CVD diamond and, a double ion beam assisted system assembling for DLC growth, with very high adherence and hardness and very low friction coefficient, for space and industrial applications. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

BARBOSA, D. C.; MELO, L. L.; TRAVA-AIROLDI, V. J.; CORAT, E. J.. The Activation Energy for Nanocrystalline Diamond Films Deposited from an Ar/H-2/CH4 Hot-Filament Reactor. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, v. 9, n. 6, SI, p. 3944-3948, JUN 2009. (01/11619-4)

BARBOSA, D. C.; MELO, L. L.; TRAVA-AIROLDI, V. J.; CORAT, E. J.. The Activation Energy for Nanocrystalline Diamond Films Deposited from an Ar/H-2/CH4 Hot-Filament Reactor. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, v. 9, n. 6, p. 5-pg., 2009-06-01. (01/11619-4)