CVD Diamond Films - Synthesis, Microstructure, Applications

Diamond is a material with extraordinary properties -electrically wide-band gap semiconducting and optical properties, high mechanical strength, high thermal conductivity, and biocompatibility. Single crystalline and nanocrystalline diamond thin films and diamond particle materials are utilized in a broad range of current applications and possess potential for novel future uses. Examples are high-power and high-temperature electronics, supercapacitors, single photon sources, microelectromechanical systems, sensor technology, diamond blades for medical surgery, functionalized nanoparticle materials for medical application, photocatalytic conversion of CO 2 to chemicals and fuels, detector windows, electrodes for electrochemistry, surface coatings, tool coating, and abrasives. Diamond as 'supermaterial' is of high demand in industrial sectors, as diverse as oil and gas drilling, mining, road maintenance, stone and construction, wood-working, automotive, aerospace, and electronics.