Research Catalog

Title

Synthetic diamond : emerging CVD science and technology / edited by Karl E. Spear, John P. Dismukes ; sponsored by the Electrochemical Society, Inc.

Publication

New York : Wiley, [1994], ©1994.

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Additional Authors

• Spear, Karl E.
• Dismukes, John P.
• Electrochemical Society.

Description

xv, 663 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Summary

• The hardest known material and the premiere thermal conductor at room temperature, diamond resists heat, acid, and radiation, is a good electrical insulator but can be doped to form p- and n- type semiconductors, and has the highest known figure of merit for power semiconductor applications. Diamond is transparent to both visible and infrared radiation and has a small dielectric constant.
• Though long recognized, most of these superior properties of diamond have remained largely unexploited because diamond did not exist in a form suitable for many high-tech applications. Now chemical vapor deposition (CVD) makes diamond, and its high-performance properties, available in thin sheets or coatings, which can cover large areas in a variety of unique shapes. In this form, diamond is also the ultimate in protective coatings.
• The coming of age of the diamond CVD process may, therefore, prove to be the most important development in industrial technology since the semiconductor.
• Synthetic Diamond explores the quantum leap in technological capability and industrial and commercial potential made possible by CVD. Beginning with a vision of a 21st century revolutionized by products made with CVD diamond, the text goes on to trace the origins and emergence of the process and to review the current scientific and technological status of the new CVD techniques. There is also a survey of the synthesis, structure, properties, and applications of diamond-like carbon.
• A fundamental description and extended review of the properties and characterization of diamond is followed by an in-depth look at current and potential applications for synthetic diamond, as well as a comparative economic assessment of the CVD process and the traditional high-pressure high-temperature (HPHT) process. The book concludes with another vision of the future, this time a look at potential CVD diamond markets of the 21st century.
• . The first comprehensive book devoted to CVD diamond, Synthetic Diamond will be of immense interest to professionals and students in materials science, solid state physics, inorganic and physical chemistry, electrochemistry, electronics, and optics. It offers electrical, mechanical, and materials engineers, as well as new product developers a tantalizing first glance at a major new development that even now, sparkles on the industrial horizon.

Series Statement

The Electrochemical Society series

Uniform Title

Electrochemical Society series.

Subjects

• Diamonds, Artificial
• Plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition

Note

• "A Wiley-Interscience publication."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical referencesand index.

Contents

• 1. The Vision of Diamond as an Engineered Material / Max N. Yoder -- 2. Development of Low-Pressure Diamond Growth in the United States / John C. Angus -- 3. Summary of Research on Diamond Growth from the Gas Phase / Dmitrii V. Fedoseev -- 4. Development of Diamond Science and Technology in Japan / Nobuo Setaka -- 5. Development and Status of Diamondlike Carbon / Alfred Grill and Bernard S. Meyerson -- 6. Growth of Diamond by CVD Methods and Effects of Process Parameters / Theodore D. Moustakas -- 7. Vapor Phase Diagnostics in Diamond CVD / Helen R. Thorsheim and James E. Butler -- 8. Mechanisms for CVD Diamond Growth / Karl E. Spear and Michael Frenklach -- 9. Physical, Chemical, and Microstructural Characterization and Properties of Diamond / Willem J. P. van Enckevort -- 10. Diamond Electrical Properties and Electronic Device Behavior / J. L. Davidson -- 11. Optical Properties and Optoelectronic Applications of Diamond / Jacques I. Pankove and Chang-Hua Qiu.
• 12. Tribology and Wear Behavior of Diamond / Michael N. Gardos -- 13. Industrial Applications of Single-Crystal Diamond / Michael Seal -- 14. Technological Applications of CVD Diamond / K. V. Ravi -- 15. A Comparative Assessment of CVD Diamond Manufacturing Technology and Economics / John V. Busch and John P. Dismukes -- 16. CVD Diamond Markets in the 21st Century / C. Jim Russell.

ISBN

0471535893 (acid-free paper)

LCCN

93007128

OCLC

ocm27727180

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries