Diamonds having artificially embedded inclusions
AssigneeEllansaLabs Inc.
InventorOmar Besim HAKIM
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are synthetic, or cultured diamonds which have at least one artificially embedded inclusion(s) incorporated within their crystal structure during the diamond's deposition or growth process. Disclosed are cultured diamonds having a substrate portion, artificially embedded inclusion(s) disposed on the substrate portion, and an encapsulating portion, formed on the artificially embedded inclusion(s). The substrate portion and the encapsulating portion are bonded together by covalent carbon to carbon bonds.
Claims30
A cultured diamond comprising:
- A substrate portion;
- At least one artificially embedded inclusion(s) disposed on the substrate portion;
- and
- An encapsulating portion, formed on the at least one artificially embedded inclusion(s),
- wherein the substrate portion and the encapsulating portion are bonded by covalent carbon to carbon bonds.
A cultured diamond, comprising:
- a substrate portion comprising a diamond;
- at least one artificially embedded inclusion(s) comprising one or more non-diamond carbon layer (s);
- and
- an encapsulating portion comprising a diamond, formed onto the at least one artificially embedded inclusion(s) and the substrate portion,
- wherein the substrate portion and the encapsulating portion are bonded through covalent carbon to carbon bonds.
A method of embedding artificial inclusion(s) in a diamond, the method comprising:
- forming a substrate portion comprising a diamond;
- disposing at least one artificial inclusion(s) on the substrate portion;
- and
- forming an encapsulating portion comprising a diamond, onto the at least one artificial inclusion(s) and substrate portion;
- wherein the substrate portion and the encapsulating portion are formed by chemical vapor deposition (CVD), hot filament chemical vapor deposition (HFCVD), microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition (MPCVD), or high pressure high temperature (HPHT) process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.