Overview: Diamond, Thin Hard Films and Related Materials

Prof. T E Derry - Ion Interactions with Solids. Studies of surface properties and ion-implantation damage in diamond. Projects:

• Identity and location of foreign atoms on diamond surfaces.
• Studies of polished surface planarity of diamond surfaces.
• Ion implantation damage in annealed diamond.
• Surface band-gap of diamond.

Prof. J D Comins - Optical Spectroscopy. Studies of strong bulk and thin film materials. Projects:

• Stresses in diamond and cBN as a function of temperature.
• Defects in strong materials; irradiation effects.
• Elastic properties of thin hard films and bulk materials.
• Thin film preparation and single crystal growth.
• Strong Metallic Alloys, Hardmetals, and Carbon Nanotubes and Strong Composites Focus Areas describe other projects.

Prof. T Nam - Diamond-based devices: Projects:

• Specialised synthetic diamond probes for radiation dosimetry measurements in X-ray mammography and low energy X-ray spectra measurements.
• Cold-cathode electron emission from diamond for X-ray generation.

Prof. J E Lowther ? Computational simulations. Projects:

• Studies of defect properties and related processes in diamond.