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Conversion of fullerenes to diamonds

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OSTI ID:870136
 [1]
  1. 1324 59th St., Downers Grove, IL 60515
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A method of forming synthetic diamond or diamond-like films on a substrate surface. The method involves the steps of providing a vapor selected from the group of fullerene molecules or an inert gas/fullerene molecule mixture, providing energy to the fullerene molecules consisting of carbon-carbon bonds, the energized fullerene molecules breaking down to form fragments of fullerene molecules including C.sub.2 molecules and depositing the energized fullerene molecules with C.sub.2 fragments onto the substrate with farther fragmentation occurring and forming a thickness of diamond or diamond-like films on the substrate surface.
Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL
Assignee:
Gruen, Dieter M. (1324 59th St., Downers Grove, IL 60515)
Patent Number(s):
US 5462776
OSTI ID:
870136
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (5)

Laser deposition of carbon clusters on surfaces: A new approach to the study of Fullerenes journal December 1990
High-yield synthesis, separation, and mass-spectrometric characterization of fullerenes C60 to C266 journal September 1991
Delayed electron emission from photoexcited C 60 journal November 1991
Resilience of all-carbon molecules C60, C70, and C84: a surface-scattering time-of-flight investigation journal October 1991
Solid C60: a new form of carbon journal September 1990

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