Conversion of fullerenes to diamonds

Patent · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:870136

Gruen, Dieter M ^[1]

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1. 1324 59th St., Downers Grove, IL 60515

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 (United States)
• 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

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