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Title: Conversion of fullerenes to diamond

Patent ·
OSTI ID:869386
 [1]
  1. 1324 59th St., Downers Grove, IL 60515
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A method of forming synthetic diamond on a substrate. The method involves providing a substrate surface covered with a fullerene or diamond coating, positioning a fullerene in an ionization source, creating a fullerene vapor, ionizing fullerene molecules, accelerating the fullerene ions to energies above 250 eV to form a fullerene ion beam, impinging the fullerene ion beam on the substrate surface and continuing these steps to obtain a diamond film thickness on the substrate.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Assignee:
Gruen, Dieter M. (1324 59th St., Downers Grove, IL 60515)
Patent Number(s):
US 5328676
OSTI ID:
869386
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (11)

High-yield synthesis, separation, and mass-spectrometric characterization of fullerenes C60 to C266 journal September 1991
Spectrometric Characterization of Purified C 60 and C 70 journal January 1990
Laser deposition of carbon clusters on surfaces: A new approach to the study of Fullerenes journal December 1990
Fullerenes journal October 1991
Delayed electron emission from photoexcited C 60 journal November 1991
Metastable Growth of Diamond and Diamond-Like Phases journal August 1991
Growth mechanism of vapor-deposited diamond journal February 1988
Triplet states of fullerenes C60 and C70. Electron paramagnetic resonance spectra, photophysics, and electronic structures journal March 1991
C60: Buckminsterfullerene journal September 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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