Methods of producing diamond particles and apparatus therefor
AssigneeUnit Cell Diamond LLC
InventorsArnold L. Newman, Daniel Hodes
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Abstract
A solid state combinatorial synthesis of particulate diamond ranging in size from the macroscopic down to the nanoscale, which entails: a) forming a solution having a source of reactant atoms, a tetrahedranoidal compound reactant, and a solvent vehicle; b) forming liquid droplets of the solution; c) evaporating the solvent vehicle from the liquid droplets of the solution to form particles containing a homogenous solid mixture of the reactants; and d) exposing the particles of the homogeneous solid mixture to a high energy discharge thereby forming diamond particles.
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A solid state combinatorial synthesis of particulate diamond, comprising steps of:
- a) forming a reactant solution having a source of reactant atoms, a tetrahedranoidal compound reactant dihydrobenzvalene, and a solvent;
- b) forming liquid droplets of the reactant solution, and dispersing the liquid droplets thereof upon a substrate;
- c) evaporating the solvent from the liquid droplets of the solution on the substrate to form particles containing a homogeneous solid mixture of the reactants on the substrate;
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- d) exposing the particles of the homogeneous solid mixture to a high energy discharge thereby forming diamond particles upon said substrate.
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