16:30-17.30

Registration at St Mary’s College

18.00-19.30

Welcome Reception

07.45

Registration

08.45

Welcome and Introduction

9:00

1.1

Invited Presentation:
“Diamond Growth from Gases: Where are we going? And How did we get here?”

J.E.Butler

(Naval Research Laboratory,USA)

9:30

1.2

Invited Presentation:
“Small is beautiful: Ultrananocrystalline Diamond Films”

D.M.Gruen

(Argonne National Laboratory, USA)

10:00

1.3

Invited Presentation:
“Nanoelectronics based on diamond surfaces”

H. Kawarada^{1, 2}, M. Tachiki^{1, 2}, H.Umezawa^{1, 2}

(¹Waseda University, Japan)

(²CREST JST, Japan)

11:00

2.1

Invited Presentation: “Synthesis and characterization of diamond films and carbon nanomaterials by laser ablation of graphite in O₂ atmospheres”

M. Yoshimoto, K. Makajima, A.Sasaki, T. Yamamoto

(Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)

11:30

2.2

Co-doping of diamond with sulfur and boron

S.C.Eaton¹, A.B.Anderson²,  J.C.Angus¹, Y.E.Evstefeeva³, and Yuri V. Pleskov³

(¹Chemical Engineering Department, Case Western Reserve University, USA)

(²Chemistry Department, Case Western Reserve University, USA)

(³Frumkin Institute of Electrochemistry, Russia)

11:50

2.3

New theory of CVD Diamond by Charged clusters

N.M Hwang^{1, 2}, and D.Y.Kim¹

(¹Center for Microstructure Science of Materials, Seoul National University, Korea)

(²Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Korea)

12:10

2.4

Characterization of 5-inch free-standing diamond wafers deposited by single-cathode DC PACVD

W.S.Lee¹, Y.J.Baik¹ and K-W,Chae²

(¹Thin Film Technology Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology)

(²Precision Diamond Company)

12:30

2.5

Optical Raman Dark Resonances for Quantum Computing in N-V Diamond

P.R. Hemmer¹ and M.S. Shahriar²

(¹ Department of Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M University, Texas, USA)

(² Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA)

14:15

3.1

Invited Presentation: “Development of Carbon and Carbon Nanotubes films as Cold Cathode Emitters for Field Emissions Displays”

B.F.Coll, K.A.Dean and J.Jaskie

(Motorola Inc., USA)

14:45

3.2

Spiky diamond field emitter

Y.Ando¹, Y. Nishibayashi¹, H.Furuta², K.Kobashi¹, T.Hiraov³, and K.Oura³

(¹Center for Advanced Research Projects)

(²New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization – NEDO)

(³Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University)

15:05

3.3

Field emission from SiC Nanotip Arrays

K-H. Chen¹, J.S. Hwang¹, H.C.Lo¹, D.Das¹, and L-C. Chen²

(¹Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

(²Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

15:55

3.4

Diamond Field Emission Triode

J.L.Davidson, W.P.Kang, A.Wisitsora-at, and D.V.Kerns

(Vanderbilt University, USA)

16:15

3.5

Electron emission from Boron doped diamond induced by molecular ions

R. Kalish¹ V. Richter¹, N. Koenigsfeld¹ Y. Avigal¹ and E. Cheifetz¹,²

(¹Physics Dept. and Solid State Institute, Technion, Israel)

(²Department of Particle Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)

16:35

3.6

Field emission properties of diamond particles with thin diamond overcoat grown by chemical vapor deposition

A.Watanabe, and M.Kitabatake

(Center for Advanced Research Projects, Osaka University, Japan)

08:30 – 09:00

Registration

9:00

4.1

Invited Presentation: “Investigation of heteroepitaxial CVD diamond by TEM and by photoluminescence microscopy”

J.W.Steeds¹, A.E. Mora¹, S.J. Charles¹, A.Wotherspoon¹, and J.E.Butler²

(¹University of Bristol, UK)

(²Naval Research Laboratory, USA)

9:30

4.2

Invited Presentation: “EPR Studies of Paramagnetic defects incorporating hydrogen in CVD diamond”

M.E.Newton and C.Glover

(Department of Physics,

King’s College London, UK)

10:00

4.3

Ion beam Induced Charge Microscopy: A new tool for the characterisation of diamond and other wide band gap semiconductor devices

D.N.Jamieson, S.M.Hearne, E.Trajkov, C.Yang. B.Rout, and S.Prawer

(Microanalaytical Research Centre and School of Physics, The University of Melbourne)

10:20

4.4

Analysis of traps in high quality CVD diamond films through the temperature dependence of carrier dynamics

M.Marinelli¹, E.Milani¹, A.Paoletti¹, A.Tucciarone¹, G.Verona-Rinati¹, M.Angelone², M.Pillon²

(¹INFM, Università di Roma, Italy)

(²Associazione EURATOM-ENEA sulla Fusion, Italy)

10:40

4.5

Thermoluminescence Properties of CVD Diamond Films

J.Pospisil¹, R.Novak¹, B.Sopko¹, V.Spevacek², T.Chechak², L.Juha³, A.Krasa³and A.Cejnarova³

(¹Institute of Physics, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic)

(²Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Republic)

(³Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic)

11:30

5.1

Invited Presentation: “Growth and Applications of Aligned Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes.”

W.I.Milne, K.B.K Teo, M.Chhowalla

(Cambridge University, UK)

12:00

5.2

Magnetic carbon nanofoam

A.V.Rode¹, E.GGamaly¹,  A.G Christy¹, S.T.Hyde¹, R.G.Elliman¹, B.Luther-Davis¹, A.I.Veinger², J.Giapintzakis³, J.Androulakis³, and C.Fotakis³

(¹Australian National University, Australia)

(²Ioffee Physical-Technical Institute, Russia)

(³Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Heraklion, Greece)

12:20

5.3

Properties and applications of carbon nanotube coated electrodes as electrical contacts and couplers

Y.Tzeng, C.Liu and Y.Chen

(Auburn University, USA)

12:40

5.4

Carbon Nanotubes Growth By CVD on Graphite Fibers

S.Zhu¹, C-H.Su², J.C.Cochrane¹, S.L.Lehoczky², I.Muntele³, and D.Ila³

(¹USRA, NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, USA)

(²Microgravity Scence and Applications Department, NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, USA)

(³Center for Irradiation of Materials, Alabama A&M University, USA)

14:15

6.1

Invited Presentation: “Miniature X-ray Sources with Diamond Electrodes”

C.Ribbing and K.Hjort

(Uppsala University, Sweden)

14:45

6.2

Invited Presentation: “Nanocrystalline Diamond MEMS/Resonators”

J.E.Butler

(Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, USA)

15:05

6.3

Al Schottky contacts and oxidised lines as gates in H-terminated diamond in-plane transistors

J.A.Garrido¹, B.Rezek¹, C.E.Nebel¹, M.Stutzmann¹, G.Rosel¹, R.Todt¹, M.-C Amann¹, E.Snidero², and P.Bergonzo²

(¹Walter Schottky Institut, Technische Universität, München, Germany)

(²LIST: CEA-RechercheTechnology / DIMIR / SIAR / Saclay, France)

15:25

6.4

Cryogenic operation of surface channel diamond field-effect transistors

H.Ishigaki, T.Kimura and S.Yugo

(University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan)

16:10

7.1

Invited Presentation: “AlN/Diamond heterostructures for LED applications”

C.Nebel, C. Miskys, J.Garrido, M.Hermann, O.Ambacher, M.Eickhoff, M.Stutzmann

(Walter Schottky Institut, Technische Universität München, Germany)

16:40

7.2

Fundamental role of ion bombardment for the synthesis of cubic boron nitride films

H.Hofsäss H.Felmermann, S.Eyhusen, and C.Ronning

(University Gottingen, Germany)

17:00

7.3

Preparation of Low Stress Cubic Boron Nitride Film using Magnetron Sputtering

I.Bello, M.K.Chan, Y.C.Chan, Q.Li, W.J.Zhang, S.T.Lee, Y.Lifshitz

(City University of Hong Kong, China)

17:20

7.4

Well-crystallized solid solutions between carbon and boron nitride

M.Wakatsuki, Y.Kakudate, K.Yamamoto, H.Yokoi, S.Usuba and S.Fujiwara

(National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology: AIST, Japan)

17:40

7.5

Flourine Chemistry Applied to Form Thick (>1μm) cBN Films by ECR

C.Y.Chan, W.J.Zhang, X.M.Meng, K.M Chan, Y.Lifshitz. S.T.Lee and I.Bello

(City University of Hong Kong, China)

08:00 – 08:30

Registration

8:30

8.1

Invited Presentation: “Nitrogen-doped ultrananocrystalline diamond”

J.A.Carlisle, J.Birrell, J.E.Gerbi, O.Auciello, J.M.Gibson and D.M.Gruen

(Argonne National Laboratory, USA)

9:00

8.2

The Characterization and Electrochemical Responsiveness of Boron-Doped Nanocrystalline Diamond Thin-Film Electrodes

Y.Show, M.Witek, P.Sonthalia and G.M.Swain

(Michigan State University, USA)

9:20

8.3

Possible Mechanism for Nanocrystalline Diamond Formation in Fused Silica

I.Andrienko, D.N.Jamieson, J.L.Peng, P.G.Spizzirri, and S.Prawer

(School of Physics, University of Melbourne)

9:40

8.4

Growth and size dependant Properties of Nano-crystalline Diamond Films

L.C.Chen¹, K.Hchen², J.J.Wu³ and W.F.Pong⁴,

(¹Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

(²Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

(³Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

(⁴Tamkang University, Taiwan)

10:00

8.5

Substrate Pretreatment Needed for Nucleation of Nanocrystalline Diamond Films

S.T.Lee, Y.Lifshitz

(City University of Hong Kong, China)

10:50

9.1

Quantum Computing: What’s all the fuss about?

S.Prawer

(Special Research Centre for Quantum Computer Technology, School of Physics, The University of Melbourne, Australia)

11:20

9.2

Invited Presentation: “Defect centres in diamond for quantum computing”

N.B.Manson, M.J.Sellars

(Australian National University, Australia)

11:40

10.1

Kinetics of nanotube growth mediated by surface diffusion

O.A. Louchev

(Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan)

12:00

10.2

Positional uncertainty of nanoscale diamond rods under thermal load: a molecular dynamics study

¹G.Leach, ²S.Russo and ³S.Prawer

(¹School of Computer Science, RMIT, Australia)

(²Department of Applied Physics, RMIT, Australia)

(³School of Physics, The University of Melbourne, Australia)

12:20

10.3

I-V characteristics and tunneling effect of carbon nanotubes: a theoretical study

R.Q.Zhang, Y.Q Feng, K.S Chan, H.F.Cheung and S.T.Lee

(City University of Hong Kong, China)

08:00 – 08:30

Registration

8:30

11.1

Invited Presentation: “Conducting Diamond Thin-Films in Electrochemistry”

G.M.Swain

(Michigan State University, USA)

9:00

11.2

Fabrication and Application of DiaChem electrodes

M.Fryda¹, TH.Matthee¹, S. Mulcahy¹, A.Hampel², l.Schaffer², I.Troster²

(¹CONDIAS GmbH, Germany)

(²Fraunhofer, Germany)

9:20

11.3

The interaction of oxidized boron-doped diamond electrode surfaces with solution-phase analytes

D.A.Tryk^1,2,3, H.Tachibana¹, S.Funyu¹, H.Inoue^1,2, T.Fukazawa³, H.Notsu³, E.Popa³, T.Kondo³, A.Fujishima³

(¹Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan)

(²CREST, Japan Science and Technology, Japan)

(³University of Tokyo, Japan)

9:40

11.4

Electrochemical Properties of CVD Diamond Films Vacuum-Annealed at 1500-1640 C

Yu.V.Pleskov¹, M.D.Krotova¹, V.G.Ralchenko², A.V.Khomich³, and R.A.Khmelnitskiy⁴

(¹Frumkin Institute of Electrochemistry, Russia)

(²General Physics Institute, Russia)

(³Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics, Russia)

(⁴Lebedev Physical Institute, Russia)

10:30

12.1

Invited Presentation: “Hydrogen on Diamond: a Key Issue for Surface Electronic Properties.”

J.Ristein

(University of Erlangen, Germany)

11:00

12.2

Field electron emission microscopy of diamond and related materials

A.V.Karabutov¹, V.D.Frolov¹, V.I.Konov¹, S.M.Pimenov¹, V.Ralchenko¹ and K.Gordeev²

(¹General Physics Institute, Russia)

(²Central Research Institute of Materials, Russia)

11:30

12.2

At Distance Interaction of Suprathermal Highly Charged Ions Above Diamond Surfaces

J.P.Briand¹, M.Benhachoum¹, A.Gicquel² and J.Achard²

(¹ERIS, UniversiteP.&M.Curie, France)

(²LIMHP, Universite Paris Nord, France)

11:50

12.4

Structure and properties of high temperature annealed CVD diamond

V.Ralchenko¹, L.Nistor², E.Pleuler³, A.Khomich⁴ and R.Khmelnitskii⁵

(¹General Physics Institute, Russia)

(²National Institute for Applied Materials Physics, Romania)

(³Fraunhofer Institute of Applied Solid State Physics, Germany)

(⁴Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics, Russia)

(⁵P.N.Lebedev Physical Institute, Russia)

13:40

13.1

Flat Epitaxial Diamond/Ir(001) interface visualized by High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy

F.Hormann¹, H.Y.Peng², Th.Bauer¹, Q.Li², M.Schreck. Y.Lifshitz^{2, 3}, S.T.Lee², B.Stritzker¹

(¹ Universität Augsburg, Germany

(²COSDAF, City University of Hong Kong)

(³On leave from Soreq NRC, Israel)

14:00

13.2

Surface orientation effect of diamond growth on platinum substrate

H.Yamamoto, Y.Naoi, S.Shinjo, K.Noami, N.Kubota, T.Inaoka and Y.Shintani

8:30

14.1

Invited Presentation: “The detection of colour-enhanced and synthetic gem diamonds by optical spectroscopy”

A.T.Collins

(King’s College London, UK)

9:00

14.2

The Argyle Mine and its Diamonds

J.Chapman

Gemstyle

9.20

14.3

What can EPR tell us about the annealing of brown type IIa and IIb natural diamond?

C.Glover, A.Connor, A.T.Collins, M.E.Newton

(King’s College London, UK)

10:20

15.1

Invited Presentation: “Ultrathin tetrahedral amorphous carbon films deposited by filtered cathodic vacuum arc”

S.P.Lau¹, C.Y.Xiao¹, X.Shi², Z.Sun¹ and B.K.Tay¹

(¹Nanyan Technological University, Singapore)

(²Nanofilm Technologies International)

10:50

15.2

Invited Presentation: “Atomistic simulation of energy and temperature effects in amorphous carbon and diamond thin films”

N.A.Marks, J.Bell, H.X. Pham, D.R. McKenzie, R.N.Tarrant and M.M.M.Bilek

(The University of Sydney, Australia)

11:20

15.3

The characterization of amorphous  carbon films deposited by ECR plasma sputtering

T.Ohana¹, T.Nakamura¹, A.Goto², A.Tanaka¹ and Y.Koga¹

(¹National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology: AIST, Japan)

(²Joint Research Consortium of Frontier Carbon Technology, JFCC, Japan)

11:40

15.4

The Effect Of Hydrogen Plasma Chemical Annealing on Electron Field Emission of Amorphous Carbon Films

J.Xu, X.Huang, L.Wang, W.Li, K.Chen

(Nanjing University, China)