Abstract
Low-frequency (X-band) electron spin resonance (ESR) investigations on commercially available large-grained cubic boron nitride (cBN) superabrasive powders of various coloration, combined with high-frequency (W-band) ESR measurements on oriented submillimeter-size single crystallites selected from the same powder samples, resulted in a clear identification of several types of paramagnetic point defects. The resulting spin Hamiltonian parameters describing the ESR spectra observed in the 3–293 K temperature range and the photosensitivity of the paramagnetic defects observed in amber-colored cBN samples are reported. It is shown that the nature of the paramagnetic centers depends on the color of the investigated samples and that, in many cases, uncontrolled impurities seem to be involved in their structure.
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This work was performed in the frame of a bilateral scientific collaboration agreement between the laboratory “Microstructure of Defects in Solid Materials”, National Institute for Materials Physics, Bucuresti, Romania and the laboratory “Experimental Condensed Matter Physics”, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Financial support from the National Authority for Scientific Research of Romania (Project 2-Cex-06-11-33/06) and the Flemish Fund for Scientific Research (FWO) in the group project G.0116.06 is also gratefully acknowledged.
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Nistor, S.V., Stefan, M., Ghica, D. et al. Multifrequency ESR Characterization of Paramagnetic Point Defects in Semiconducting Cubic BN Crystals. Appl Magn Reson 39, 87–101 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00723-010-0136-x
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