The results presented in this article are a model of the nucleation and growth of amorphous and crystalline diamond−like materials. This study deals with assessing the role of carbon C₂−dimers in the structure formation of crystalline and amorphous diamond. The resulting model expressions show how changing the two most importanttechnological parameters (temperature and partial pressure of the C₂−dimers) affect the structure of diamond−like carbon films.

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