The growth of {100} oriented CVD (Chemical Vapor Deposition) diamond film under Joe-Badgwell-Hauge (J-B-H) model is simulated at atomic scale by using revised KMC (Kinetic Monte Carlo) method. The results show that: (1) under Joe's model, the growth mechanism from single carbon species is suitable for the growth of {100} oriented CVD diamond film in low temperature; (2) the deposition rate and surface roughness (Rq) under Joe's model are influenced intensively by temperature (Ts) and not evident bymass fraction w of atom chlorine; (3) the surface roughness increases with the deposition rate, i.e. the film quality becomes worse with elevated temperature, in agreement with Grujicic's prediction; (4) the simulation results cannot make sure the role of single carbon insertion.

The crystallization, corresponding to the fcc structure (with packing density p≈ 0.74), of smooth equal hard spheres under batch-wised feeding and three-dimensional interval vibration is numerically obtained by using the discrete element method. The numerical experiment shows that the ordered packing can be realized by proper control of the dynamic parameters such as batch of each feeding ξ and vibration amplitude A. The radial distribution function and force network are used to characterize the ordered structure. The defect formed during vibrated packing is characterized as well. The results in our work fill the gap of getting packing density between random close packing and fcc packing in phase diagram which provides an effective way of theoretically investigating the complex process and mechanism of hard sphere crystallization and its dynamics.

Electronic structure calculation was carried out for the hydrogen-terminated carbon cluster designed to model the {111}-oriented diamond surface, Cd (111).Using LDA method with local generalised gradient corrections, the subject of the calculation included the adsorption of single-carbon species and double-carbon species on an activated diamond surface. The results showed that: (1) Single-carbon species will more likely result in {111}-oriented CVD diamond film growth than double-carbon species, however, the role of double-carbon species should not be ignored; (2) The adsorption of single-carbon species on activated site makes the system more stable than that of double-carbon species. (3) Our computation result of CH3 adsorption on growth surface is in good agreement with that acquired both theoretically and experimentally.

Micro structures of equal sphere packing (ranging from loose to dense packing) generated numerically by discrete element method under different vibration conditions are characterized using Voronoi/Delaunay tessellation, which is applied on a wide range of packing densities. The analysis on micro properties such as the total perimeter, surface area, and the face number distribution of each Voronoi polyhedron, and the pore size distribution in each Voronoi/Delaunay subunit is systematically carried out. The results show that with the increasing density of sphere packing, the Voronoi/Delaunay pore size distribution is narrowed. That indicates large pores to be gradually substituted by small uniformed ones during densification. Meanwhile, the distributions of face number, total perimeter, and surface area of Voronoi polyhedra at high packing densities tend to be narrower and higher, which is in good agreement with those in random loose packing.