Deliverables Other (7) Opening International Seminar/ minutes of project management meeting to officially kick off of the project with all partners present. consolidate the finance, exchange and secondments. consolidate the objectives and aims Project website set up Project website set-up and webmaster will be appointed. Quarterly updates will be carried out with the latest professional development of staff from each group and success of promotions, research highlights. 1st workshop on CVD diamond growth 1st workshop on CVD diamond growth, led by Aston University with Zhejiang University of Technology as the co-organiser. Workshop proceedings will be published in special issue of a journal in diamond field. 3rd workshop on surface modification 3rd workshop on surface modification will be led by University of Leicester. This will include the lab tours and access to a variety of equipment in University of Leicester. 4th workshop on optical characterisation 4th workshop on optical characterisation will be led by CIT, Ireland. This will include the training using FTIR, Raman, etc, among all young researchers. 2nd workshop on Nanoimprint Lithography 2nd workshop on Nanoimprint Lithography will be hosted by ICN2 in Spain. This will include the lab tours and training to young researchers from this consortium. 5th workshop on meta-materials 5th workshop on meta-materials will be led by University of Birmingham. This will include the visit to state-of-the-arts meta Laboratory and training on a variety of spectroscopies. Publications Peer reviewed articles (31) Ultra-smooth and hydrophobic nitrogen-incorporated ultranano-crystalline diamond film growth in C-H-O-N gas phase system via microwave plasma CVD Author(s): Yuting Zheng, Jinlong Liu, Junjun Wei, Liangxian Chen, Zhengcheng Li, Hui Hao, Fangsen Li, Haitao Ye, Chengming Li Published in: Surface and Coatings Technology, Issue 374, 2019, Page(s) 409-417, ISSN 0257-8972 Publisher: Elsevier BV DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2019.06.017 Characterisation and antibacterial investigation of a novel coating consisting of mushroom microstructures and HFCVD graphite Author(s): Aude Cumont, Ruoying Zhang, Louise Corscadden, Jingzhe Pan, Yuting Zheng, Haitao Ye Published in: Materials & Design, Issue 189, 2020, Page(s) 108498, ISSN 0264-1275 Publisher: Elsevier BV DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2020.108498 Subsurface cleavage of diamond after high-speed three-dimensional dynamic friction polishing Author(s): Yuting Zheng, Haitao Ye, Rob Thornton, Tom Knott, Tomasz J. Ochalski, Jue Wang, Jinlong Liu, Junjun Wei, Liangxian Chen, Aude Cumont, Ruoying Zhang, Chengming Li Published in: Diamond and Related Materials, Issue 101, 2020, Page(s) 107600, ISSN 0925-9635 Publisher: Elsevier BV DOI: 10.1016/j.diamond.2019.107600 The Interface and Mechanical Properties of a CVD Single Crystal Diamond Produced by Multilayered Nitrogen Doping Epitaxial Growth Author(s): Yun Zhao, Chengming Li, Jinlong Liu, Kang An, Xiongbo Yan, Lifu Hei, Liangxian Chen, Junjun Wei, Fanxiu Lu Published in: Materials, Issue 12/15, 2019, Page(s) 2492, ISSN 1996-1944 Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing DOI: 10.3390/ma12152492 Doomed Couple of Diamond with Terahertz Frequency: Hyperfine Quality Discrimination and Complex Dielectric Responses of Diamond in the Terahertz Waveband Author(s): Yuting Zheng, Rui Zhang, Xiaodong Chen, Peter Hing, Jinlong Liu, Junjun Wei, Jue Wang, Chengming Li, Haitao Ye Published in: ACS Applied Electronic Materials, Issue 2/5, 2020, Page(s) 1459-1469, ISSN 2637-6113 Publisher: American Chemical Society DOI: 10.1021/acsaelm.0c00216 Fast smoothing on diamond surface by inductively coupled plasma reactive ion etching Author(s): Yuting Zheng, Jinlong Liu, Ruoying Zhang, Aude Cumont, Jue Wang, Junjun Wei, Chengming Li, Haitao Ye Published in: Journal of Materials Research, Issue 35/5, 2020, Page(s) 462-472, ISSN 0884-2914 Publisher: Materials Research Society DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2019.369 Circular-Polarization-Selective Transmission Induced by Spin-Orbit Coupling in a Helical Tape Waveguide Author(s): Yahong Liu, Qinghua Guo, Hongchao Liu, Congcong Liu, Kun Song, Biao Yang, Quanwen Hou, Xiaopeng Zhao, Shuang Zhang, Miguel Navarro-Cía Published in: Physical Review Applied, Issue 9/5, 2018, ISSN 2331-7019 Publisher: American Physical Society DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.9.054033 Ideal Weyl points and helicoid surface states in artificial photonic crystal structures Author(s): Biao Yang, Qinghua Guo, Ben Tremain, Rongjuan Liu, Lauren E. Barr, Qinghui Yan, Wenlong Gao, Hongchao Liu, Yuanjiang Xiang, Jing Chen, Chen Fang, Alastair Hibbins, Ling Lu, Shuang Zhang Published in: Science, Issue 359/6379, 2018, Page(s) 1013-1016, ISSN 0036-8075 Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science DOI: 10.1126/science.aaq1221 Experimental observation of photonic nodal line degeneracies in metacrystals Author(s): Wenlong Gao, Biao Yang, Ben Tremain, Hongchao Liu, Qinghua Guo, Lingbo Xia, Alastair P. Hibbins, Shuang Zhang Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 9/1, 2018, ISSN 2041-1723 Publisher: Nature Publishing Group DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03407-5 High-resolution grayscale image hidden in a laser beam Author(s): Fuyong Yue, Chunmei Zhang, Xiao-Fei Zang, Dandan Wen, Brian D Gerardot, Shuang Zhang, Xianzhong Chen Published in: Light: Science & Applications, Issue 7/1, 2017, Page(s) 17129, ISSN 2047-7538 Publisher: Nature Publishing Group DOI: 10.1038/lsa.2017.129 Metasurface Enabled Wide-Angle Fourier Lens Author(s): Wenwei Liu, Zhancheng Li, Hua Cheng, Chengchun Tang, Junjie Li, Shuang Zhang, Shuqi Chen, Jianguo Tian Published in: Advanced Materials, Issue 30/23, 2018, Page(s) 1706368, ISSN 0935-9648 Publisher: United Nations Industrial Developement Organization DOI: 10.1002/adma.201706368 Stretchable Photonic ‘Fermi Arcs’ in Twisted Magnetized Plasma Author(s): Lingbo Xia, Wenlong Gao, Biao Yang, Qinghua Guo, Hongchao Liu, Jiaguang Han, Weili Zhang, Shuang Zhang Published in: Laser & Photonics Reviews, Issue 12/1, 2018, Page(s) 1700226, ISSN 1863-8880 Publisher: Wiley - VCH Verlag GmbH & CO. KGaA DOI: 10.1002/lpor.201700226 Three Dimensional Photonic Dirac Points in Metamaterials Author(s): Qinghua Guo, Biao Yang, Lingbo Xia, Wenlong Gao, Hongchao Liu, Jing Chen, Yuanjiang Xiang, Shuang Zhang Published in: Physical Review Letters, Issue 119/21, 2017, ISSN 0031-9007 Publisher: American Physical Society DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.213901 Disorder-Induced Topological State Transition in Photonic Metamaterials Author(s): Changxu Liu, Wenlong Gao, Biao Yang, Shuang Zhang Published in: Physical Review Letters, Issue 119/18, 2017, ISSN 0031-9007 Publisher: American Physical Society DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.183901 Electrical access to critical coupling of circularly polarized waves in graphene chiral metamaterials Author(s): Teun-Teun Kim, Sang Soon Oh, Hyeon-Don Kim, Hyun Sung Park, Ortwin Hess, Bumki Min, Shuang Zhang Published in: Science Advances, Issue 3/9, 2017, Page(s) e1701377, ISSN 2375-2548 Publisher: AAAS DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1701377 D-carbon: Ab initio study of a novel carbon allotrope Author(s): Dong Fan, Shaohua Lu, Andrey A. Golov, Artem A. Kabanov, Xiaojun Hu Published in: The Journal of Chemical Physics, Issue 149/11, 2018, Page(s) 114702, ISSN 0021-9606 Publisher: American Institute of Physics DOI: 10.1063/1.5037380 Synthesis of strong SiV photoluminescent diamond particles on silica optical fiber by chemical vapor deposition Author(s): Zongchun Yang, Yingshuang Mei, Chengke Chen, Yinlan Ruan, Xiaojun Hu Published in: Chinese Physics B, Issue 27/3, 2018, Page(s) 038101, ISSN 1674-1056 Publisher: Chinese Physical Society DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/27/3/038101 Low-stress diamond films deposited on stainless steel by a two-step dropped power process in chemical vapor deposition Author(s): Xiao Li, Jianqing Chen, Jiansong Ye, Tao Feng, Xiaojun Hu Published in: Diamond and Related Materials, Issue 81, 2018, Page(s) 176-182, ISSN 0925-9635 Publisher: Elsevier BV DOI: 10.1016/j.diamond.2017.12.010 Homo-epitaxial growth of single crystal diamond in the purified environment by active O atoms Author(s): Jinlong Liu, Liangzhen Lin, Yun Zhao, Yuting Zheng, Kang An, Junjun Wei, Liangxian Chen, Lifu Hei, Jingjing Wang, Zhihong Feng, Chengming Li Published in: Vacuum, Issue 155, 2018, Page(s) 391-397, ISSN 0042-207X Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd. DOI: 10.1016/j.vacuum.2018.06.016 Surface conductivity enhancement of H-terminated diamond based on the purified epitaxial diamond layer Author(s): J. L. Liu, Y. T. Zheng, L. Z. Lin, Y. Zhao, L. X. Chen, J. J. Wei, J. J. Wang, J. C. Guo, Z. H. Feng, C. M. Li Published in: Journal of Materials Science, Issue 53/18, 2018, Page(s) 13030-13041, ISSN 0022-2461 Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers DOI: 10.1007/s10853-018-2579-7 Man-made synthesis of ultrafine photoluminescent nanodiamonds containing less than three silicon-vacancy colour centres Author(s): ChengKe Chen, YingShuang Mei, JinMing Cui, Xiao Li, MeiYan Jiang, ShaoHua Lu, XiaoJun Hu Published in: Carbon, Issue 139, 2018, Page(s) 982-988, ISSN 0008-6223 Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd. DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2018.08.013 Comparison of the quality of single-crystal diamonds grown on two types of seed substrates by MPCVD Author(s): Yun Zhao, Yanzhao Guo, Liangzhen Lin, Yuting Zheng, Lifu Hei, Jinlong Liu, Junjun Wei, Liangxian Chen, Chengming Li Published in: Journal of Crystal Growth, Issue 491, 2018, Page(s) 89-96, ISSN 0022-0248 Publisher: Elsevier BV DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2018.03.046 The direct-current characteristics and surface repairing of a hydrogen-terminated free-standing polycrystalline diamond in aqueous solutions Author(s): Yuting Zheng, Jinlong Liu, Jingjing Wang, Zhengcheng Li, Hui Hao, Junjun Wei, Liangxian Chen, Haitao Ye, Chengming Li Published in: Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, Issue 130, 2019, Page(s) 111-119, ISSN 0022-3697 Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpcs.2019.02.022 Relationship between Birefringence and Surface Morphology in Single-Crystal Diamonds Grown by MPCVD Author(s): Yun Zhao, Yanzhao Guo, Liangzhen Lin, Yuting Zheng, Lifu Hei, Jinlong Liu, Junjun Wei, Liangxian Chen, Chengming Li Published in: Crystal Research and Technology, Issue 53/7, 2018, Page(s) 1800055, ISSN 0232-1300 Publisher: Wiley - V C H Verlag GmbbH & Co. DOI: 10.1002/crat.201800055 Structural and electrical properties of carbon-ion-implanted ultrananocrystalline diamond films Author(s): Hui Xu, Jian-Jun Liu, Hai-Tao Ye, D J Coathup, A V Khomich, Xiao-Jun Hu Published in: Chinese Physics B, Issue 27/9, 2018, Page(s) 096104, ISSN 1674-1056 Publisher: Chinese Physical Society DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/27/9/096104 The growth of non-c-axis-oriented ferroelectric BLT thin films on silicon using ZnO buffer layer Author(s): David Coathup, Zheng Li, Xiaojing Zhu, Haitao Ye Published in: Materials Letters, Issue 206, 2017, Page(s) 117-120, ISSN 0167-577X Publisher: Elsevier BV DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2017.06.112 Computational ghost imaging of hot objects in long-wave infrared range Author(s): Hong-Chao Liu, Shuang Zhang Published in: Applied Physics Letters, Issue 111/3, 2017, Page(s) 031110, ISSN 0003-6951 Publisher: American Institute of Physics DOI: 10.1063/1.4994662 An insight of p-type to n-type conductivity conversion in oxygen ion-implanted ultrananocrystalline diamond films by impedance spectroscopy Author(s): Hui Xu, Haitao Ye, David Coathup, Ivona Z. Mitrovic, Ayendra D. Weerakkody, Xiaojun Hu Published in: Applied Physics Letters, Issue 110/3, 2017, Page(s) 033102, ISSN 0003-6951 Publisher: American Institute of Physics DOI: 10.1063/1.4974077 Single-pixel computational ghost imaging with helicity-dependent metasurface hologram Author(s): Hong-Chao Liu, Biao Yang, Qinghua Guo, Jinhui Shi, Chunying Guan, Guoxing Zheng, Holger Mühlenbernd, Guixin Li, Thomas Zentgraf, Shuang Zhang Published in: Science Advances, Issue 3/9, 2017, Page(s) e1701477, ISSN 2375-2548 Publisher: AAAS DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1701477 Surface morphology evolution of a polycrystalline diamond by inductively coupled plasma reactive ion etching (ICP-RIE) Author(s): Yuting Zheng, Haitao Ye, Jinlong Liu, Junjun Wei, Liangxian Chen, Chengming Li Published in: Materials Letters, Issue 253, 2019, Page(s) 276-280, ISSN 0167-577X Publisher: Elsevier BV DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2019.06.079 Carrier mobility enhancement on the H-terminated diamond surface Author(s): Jinlong Liu, Hua Yu, Siwu Shao, Juping Tu, Xiaohua Zhu, Xiaolu Yuan, Junjun Wei, Liangxian Chen, Haitao Ye, Chengming Li Published in: Diamond and Related Materials, Issue 104, 2020, Page(s) 107750, ISSN 0925-9635 Publisher: Elsevier BV DOI: 10.1016/j.diamond.2020.107750 Searching for OpenAIRE data... 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