Fyzikální ústav Akademie věd ČR

The presentation will be devoted to the results of the research work that includes:

• Investigation of the different nucleation strategies influence on diamond thin film growth using the microwave plasma assisted chemical vapour deposition (CVD) technique. In addition, study on the selective area diamond structures deposition, as related to previous;
• Continuous and porous poly- and nano-crystalline diamond films growth in the two different types of deposition equipment.

The electron transport through single molecules and atoms as well as molecule--molecule contacts is investigated with low-temperature scanning probe microscopy. In the experiments, which aim at maximizing the control over the junction properties, the conductance, the acting forces and the emission of photons are probed. The talk will initially address the role of molecular structure and bonding as well as quantum noise properties. In a second part, I will present some recent results on the structure of the ZnO(0001) surface and the spectroscopy of subsurface donors.