Film growth by polyatomic C2H5+ bombarding a diamond (100) surfaces: Molecular dynamics study

The deposition of polyatomic C2H5+ ions is studied using classical molecular dynamics simulations with a new improved Brenner potentials developed by Brenner. The simulation results show that when the incident energy is less than 65 eV, the deposition coefficient of H is larger than that of C atoms. When the incident energy is larger than 65 eV, the deposition of H is less than that of C atoms. With increasing incident energy, a transition from Csp3-rich to Csp2-rich in the grown films is found. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.