This is a list of publications by Diamond Science and Technology Students.

2018 Publications

Paul Hill (Cohort 1, Strathclyde): Thin film diamond membranes bonded on-demand with SOI ring resonators

P. Hill, E. Gu, M. D. Dawson, M. J. Strain, Diamond and Related Materials, (2018). doi: 10.1016/j.diamond.2018.07.020

Sam Cobb (Cohort 1, Warwick): Boron Doped Diamond: A Designer Electrode Material for the Twenty-First Century

Sam J. Cobb, Zoë J. Ayres, Julie V. Macpherson. Annual Reviews of Analytical Chemistry, 2018, 11, 20 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anchem-061417-010107

Ł. Dziechciarczyk (Cohort 2, Strathclyde): Sub-100 ps monolithic diamond Raman laser emitting at 573 nm

J. Nikkinen, V. Savitski, S. Reilly, Ł. Dziechciarczyk, A. Härkönen, A. Kemp and M. Guina, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, (2018), PP, 1-4. doi: 10.1109/LPT.2018.2806183

Joshua Green (Cohort 2, Cardiff): Redox agent enhanced chemical mechanical polishing of thin film diamond

Soumen Mandal, Evan L.H. Thomas, Laia Gines, David Morgan, Joshua Green, Emmanuel B. Brousseau and Oliver A. Williams, Carbon, (2018), 130, 25-30. doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2017.12.077 (Cardiff Physics, Engineering, Catalysis Centre collaboration)

2017 Publications

T. Scott (Cohort 1, Oxford):The influence of microstructure on the mechanical properties of polycrystalline diamond: a literature review

T. Scott, Advances in Applied Ceramics, (2017), 1-16. doi: 10.1080/17436753.2017.1389462

C. Middleton (Cohort 1, Bristol) Surface Zeta Potential and Diamond Seeding on Gallium Nitride Films

S. Mandal, E. L. H. Thomas, C. Middleton, L. Gines, J. T. Griffiths, M. J. Kappers, R. A. Oliver, D. J. Wallis, L. E. Goff, S. A. Lynch, M. Kuball, O. A. Williams, ACS Omega, (2017), 2, 7275-7280. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.7b01069 (Bristol - Cardiff)

E. J. D. Mahoney (Cohort 1, Bristol): What [plasma used for growing] diamond can shine like flame?

M. N. R. Ashfold, E. J. D. Mahoney, S. Mushtaq, B. S. Truscott and Y. A. Mankelevich, Chem. Comm. (2017) 53, 10482-10495. doi: 10.1039/C7CC05568D (Bristol - Moscow collaboration)

R. Lewis (Cohort 1, Cardiff): Effect of slurry composition on the chemical mechanical polishing of thin diamond films

J. Werrell, S. Mandel, E. L. H. Thomas, E. B. Brousseau, R. Lewis, P. Borri, P. R. Davies and O. A. Williams, Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, (2017), 18, 654-663. doi:10.1080/14686996.2017.1366815 (Cardiff Physics - Engineering - Biosciences collaboration)

M. Sow (Cohort 2, Oxford): Positive Zeta Potential of Nanodiamonds

L. Gines, S. Mandal, A. Ahmed, C. Cheng, M. Sow & O. A. Williams, Nanoscale, (2017), 9, 12549-12555. doi: 10.1039/C7NR03200E (Warwick - Cardiff collaboration)

E. J. D. Mahoney (Cohort 1, Bristol): Optical Emission from C2– Anions in Microwave-Activated CH4/H2 Plasmas for Chemical Vapor Deposition of Diamond

E. J. D. Mahoney, S. B. Truscott, M. N. R. Ashfold & Y. A. Mankelevich, J. Phys. Chem. A, (2017), 121, 2760-2772. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b00814 (Bristol only)

C. Middleton (Cohort 1, Bristol): Impact of Diamond Seeding on the Microstructural Properties and Thermal Stability of GaN-on-Diamond Wafers for High-Power Electronic Devices

D. Liu, D. Francis, F. Faili, C. Middleton, J. Anaya, J. Pomeroy, D. Twitchen, M. Kuball, Scripta Materialia, (2017), 128, 57-60. doi: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2016.10.006 (Bristol - E6 collaboration)

P. Diggle (Cohort 1, Warwick): Laser spectroscopy of NV- and NV0 colour centres in synthetic diamond

E. Fraczek, V. G. Savitski, M. Dale, B. G. Breeze, P. Diggle, M. Markham, A. Bennett, H. Dhillon, M. E. Newton & A. J. Kemp, Optical Materials Express (2017), 7, 2571-2585. doi: 10.1364/OME.7.002571 (Warwick - E6 - Strathclyde collaboration)

2016 Publications

S. Ishmael (Cohort 2, Oxford): Laser writing of coherent colour centres in diamond

Y. Chen, P. Salter, S. Knauer, L. Weng, A. Frangeskou, C. Stephen, S. Ishmael, P. Dolan, S. Johnson, B. Green, G. Morley, M. Newton, J. Rarity, M. Booth, J. Smith, Nature Photonics., (2017), 11, 77-80. doi: 10.1038/nphoton.2016.234 (Oxford - Warwick collaboration)

Sam J. Cobb* (Cohort 1, Warwick): Quinone electrochemistry for the comparative assessment of sp2 surface content of boron doped diamond electrodes

Zoë J. Ayres*, Sam J. Cobb*, Mark E. Newton, Julie V. Macpherson, Electrochem. Commun., (2016), 72, 59–63. doi: 10.1016/j.elecom.2016.08.024 (*joint first author) (Warwick - Dstl)