Synthesis, Characterization of Elastic and Electrical Properties of Diamond-like BCx Nano-Phases Synthesized under High and Low Pressures

ABSTRACTThis paper presents experimental results on the synthesis of boron rich diamond-like carbon phases (BCx) obtained by high pressure sintering (s-BCx) and pulsed laser deposition (PLD-BCx). It has been shown that sintering of a mixture of a powder of micro-diamonds with a powder of boron in the toroid type high pressure device leads to the creation of s-BCx phase with a low resistivity, and high elastic moduli. The PLD-BCx film found to be rigid with the resistivity as low as that of best conductive boron–doped diamond films. It indicates that the presence of B atoms in a laser plasma leads to the formation of sp3 bonds in the material in the process of chemical sputtering. The combination of unique characteristics can be achieved by changing the ratio B/C.

Fabrication and Plasmas-Relevant Properties of B4C/Cu Coating FGM

in this work, two kinds of boron carbide coating based on copper substrates, which are non-FGM B4C/Cu coating and FGM B4C/Cu coating, have been fabricated successfully. It is found that the chemical sputtering yield of B4C measures by LAS2000 apparatus is much lower than that of SMF800 graphite under the conditions of 3keV, 4.6E 15D+ /s/cm2 irradiation, and that FGM-B4C coating has much better performance than non-FGM-B4C coating in thermal shock tests. Thermal desorption performance and physical sputtering damage after plasma irradiation are also evaluated.