Links to Groups Studying CVD Diamond (and Related Materials)
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Groups in: UK | Europe | USA | Japan | China | Korea | Russia/Ukraine | Rest of World | Natural diamonds
Diamond Groups in the UK
- University of Bristol (just in case you surfed directly here from an outside link)
- University of Cambridge (Bill Milne, John Robertson)
- CNC Coatings, Rochdale - manufacturer of thin film deposition systems (e.g. hot filament and MW CVD), characterisation of surfaces and producing surface coatings for a range of applications.
- De Beers Diamond Information Centre - everything you ever wanted to know about diamond gemstones and rings.
- Diamond at Work - a marketing initiative launched as an independent trademark for all products containing industrial diamond.
- Diamond Detectors, Ltd - another spin-off company from E6 that specialises in detectors, diamond surface treatments, lithography, metallization, die/wire bonding, packaging and characterisation.
- Diamond Geyser Blog - a blog which contains up-to-date summaries of interesting papers, conferences and diamond-related news.
- Diamond Microwave Devices - a subsidiary of E6 that is developing novel diamond semiconductor materials and processing technology for the next generation of high-power, high temperature semiconductor devices.
- Element Six (formerly De Beers Industrial Diamond Ltd.), manufacturer of synthetic (HPHT diamond and CVD diamond) and natural diamond for industrial applications including optical quality CVD diamond windows. Locations: CVD research site - Ascot, Surrey, UK. For HPHT and machine tool applications - Shannon, Ireland. CVD, main manufacturing and Sales and Marketing site - Cuijk, The Netherlands.
- E6 CVD diamond e-shop - buy various grades of CVD diamond online.
- Exeter University, Physics Dept
- Heriot Watt University, CVD Diamond Group
- Industrial Diamond Review - an international journal for reporting on all the major happenings in the world of industrial diamond and cubic boron nitride.
- Kings College London - Alan Collins, Alison Mainwood, Gordon Davies
- Logitech - precision diamond lapping and polishing machines.
- Manchester Metropolitan University (Depts of Chemistry and Materials)
- Oxford University - John Foord's group
- QinetiQ - CVD diamond windows and domes for airborne applications, and other diamond optics.
- The Renishaw Group - manufacturers of laser Raman systems.
- University of Strathclyde, Institute of Photonics, near Glasgow - research into diamond micro-optics, diamond electronics, diamond intracavity heatspreaders for disk lasers and microlasers, diamond Raman lasers and diamond etching.
- University of Surrey - Large Area Electronics Group, mainly DLC (Ravi Silva)
- University of Sussex, Chemistry and Molecular Modelling Depts (Malcolm Heggie)
- University College London and the London Centre for Nanotechnology (Richard Jackman's Group)
- Warwick University (Mark Newton's group)
- Yorkshire Bioscience - suppliers of nanodiamond (3 nm diameter) made by explosion synethesis, for physical, chemical, and biochemical applications.
Europe
- A2C (Mérignac, France) - provides CVD diamond cutting tools.
- Adamant Technologies SA, Switzerland - CVD diamond mainly as an electrode material for water treatment.
- Aixtron - Manufacturers of Plasma CVD equipment for diamond deposition (ellipsoid or egg reactors)
- University of Augsburg, Germany (Matthias Schreck's group).
- University of Aveiro, Portugal
- Bekaert produces diamond like coatings (DLC and Dylyn) in Europe, with locations in Belgium (Bekaert Advanced Coatings NA), Germany (Bekaert Dymonics GmbH) and France (Sorevi).
- Bettonville Industrial, Wijnegem, Belgium - suppliers of laser systems to mark, kerf, engrave, saw, shape and cut natural and synthetic diamonds.
- BOLD - a company in belgium that makes Blind to Optical Light Detectors made from diamond.
- CEA-LIST, Saclay, France - Phillipe Bergonzo's group - diamond radiation detectors and devices.
- CCR Technology GmbH - manufacturers of plasma deposition and etching equipment, including DLC and CNTs.
- CemeCon AG (Wurselen, Germany) - job coating production for diamond tools.
- Ceratonia (Eltmann, Germany) - dealer of natural and synthetic diamond grit and powders, PCD, CVD-thickfilm and finishing films. They also offer a express laser cutting service for CVD-thickfilm products.
- Custodiam (Brussels, Belgium) - suppliers of industrial diamond and CBN for advanced applications in the glass, mechanics, semiconductor, construction, oil, mining and stone sectors.
- CNRS - LIMHP (University of Paris) - Alix Gicquel's group.
- Cyrannus (Innovative plasma systems IPLAS GmbH) - MW CVD deposition reactor manufacturers, Troisdorf, Germany.
- D-Coat GmbH (Erkelenz, Germany) - provides CVD diamond coated cutting tools, etc.
- DiaCCon - a company based in Erlangen, Germany, specialising in diamond coating and diamond coating services.
- Diamaze (Ulm, Germany) - CVD diamond blades and micro-parts. Diamond Materials - a spin-off company from F-IAF (below) specializing in the preparation and processing of high purity CVD diamond disks
- Diamond Product Solutions, Merselo, Netherlands - deposition of diamond coatings, diamond coatings, designing new applications for diamond, and adding value to diamond coatings by processing them to higher flatness, smoothness, etc.
- DREAMS project - project involving 5 institutes aiming at the development of novel biosensing interfaces exploiting the bio-inertness of synthetitc diamond. The project focuses on the development of artificial retinal interfaces.
- EID Industrial Diamonds - suppliers of diamond abrasives and microdiamond powders.
- Fraunhofer Institut Angewante Festkörperphysik, Freiburg, Germany (Christoph Nebel's group, Oliver Williams).
- Fraunhofer-Institut für Schicht- und Oberflächentechnik IST, Braunschweig, Germany (Lothar Schäfer's group) - CVD diamond thin films for machine elements, tools and electrodes.
- GFD (Ulm, Germany) - manufacturers of CVD diamond scalpels.
- Hasselt University, Institute for Materials Research, Diepenbeek, Belgium.
- MetLab (University of Patras, Greece) - CVD of metals, ceramics and SiC.
- Microdiamant (Switzerland) suppliers of micro and nanodiamond powders.
- Mintres (Cuijk, the Netherlands) – manufacturer of diamond and other ceramic based components for the electronics and medical markets; diamond anvils; contract RF sputter coatings and lasering for diamond.
- Nanodiamond.com - worldwide sellers of pure ultradispersive detonation diamond, located in Switzerland.
- Radboud University Nijmegen, Institute for Molecules and Materials, The Netherlands: - nucleation and growth of nanodiamond films (Ivan Buijnsters); and GaN-diamond heterostructures (Gerbe van Dreumel).
- Physixfactor (Netherlands) develops high tech products based on diamond, such as windows, scalpels, wire dies etc, as well as laser machining and optimising the lifetime of diamond wear parts.
- rho-BeSt coating, plc (Austria) - provider of thin film diamond.
- The Tribology Centre, Danish Technological Institute.
- Walter Schottky Institute, Technical University, Munich, Germany (Jose Garrido's group).
- WTCM, Belgium - a private research group active in the field of surface treatment, including the development of diamond CVD coatings on hard metal cutting tools.
USA and Canada
- Abrasives.net - HPHT diamond for use in cutting, drilling, etc.
- Advanced Diamond Solutions Inc. - suppliers of CVD diamond for industrial uses.
- Advanced Diamond Technologies (John Carlisle's group)
- Adamas Gemological Laboratory - diamond gemstone analysis.
- University of Alabama, Birmingham
- Alameda Applied Sciences, Corp, Ca, USA - studying CVD and natural diamond in fast, high voltage switches, laser beam profilers and fast diamond radiation detectors.
- University of Alberta, and the de Beers laboratory of Diamond Research, Alberta, Canada.
- Anatech Ltd., Denver, NC, USA - manufacturers of DLC coating equipment, and provide DLC coatings on surfaces including surgical tools, medical implants and racing engine parts.
- Apollo Diamond - produces nearly flawless single crystal diamond wafers and crystals for the optoelectronics, nanotechnology, and consumer gem markets.
- Argonne National lab
- ASTEX - previous manufacturers of PECVD reactors, now known as MKS (their diamond reactors are now made by Seki Technotron in Japan, see below).
- ATMI Home Page - ATMI develop advanced semiconductor thin film processes esp. diamond. Supply SiC and SIMOX wafers.
- Bekaert Advanced Coating Technologies - deposit diamondlike DLC and Dylyn coatings.
- Blue Wave Semiconductor HF CVD Systems - manufactures HF CVD reactors, which are distributed by Seki.
- University of California, Berkeley - tribology of CVD diamond films
- Caltech, David G. Goodwin.
- Case Western Reserve University - John Angus' group
- Clarkson University (Potsdam, NY) - Professor Regel's research group, deposition on confidential substrates for Corning and Kodak, using a sealed chamber CVT method.
- Cline Innovations, LLC (Massachusetts, USA) - Offers objective technical and market expertise in CVD diamond and related materials technology through a combination of industrial consulting services and an independent offering of used diamond processing equipment suitable for both industry and academia (MPCVD, HFCVD, PECVD, dry etch, reactor subsystems).
- CompuVac Systems, Inc. - manufacturer of optical coaters, specialising in DLC protective layers. Email: compuvac@aol.com
- CVD diamond.com - (Ontario, Canada) suppliers of CVD diamond coated drills.
- Delaware Diamond Knives.
- Diamond Tool Coating - supplier of CVD diamond coating for cutting tools and industrial use.
- The Diamond Tool Store.
- Diamonex - commercial producers of DLC and CVD diamond films.
- Drexel University, Nano Materials Group (Prof Yuri Gogotsi)
- Gemesis - produces single crystal diamonds for consumer gem markets.
- IMAPS - The International Microelectronics and Packaging Society.
- Harris International - suppliers of CVD Diamond, Composite Diamond, Natural IIA, IA, IIB and synthetic IB diamond for various industrial markets.
- HPHT Diamonds - Educational resource about cultured, synthetic, created, man-made, and lab-grown diamonds. Lots of info about growth and treatment.
- Lifegem - manufacturers of HPHT diamond using 'unusual' starting materials.
- Micro Star Technologies, Texas, USA - manufacturers of diamond blades, AFM tips, and thin bending filaments.
- Nano-Proprietary, Inc. - manufacture and research into diamond-based field emission devices and flat panel displays.
- The Naval Research Laboratory - Gas Surface Dynamics Division, Washington DC.
- Department of Physics, University of Puerto Rico, USA. Contact: brad@adam.uprr.pr, gmorell@rrpac.upr.clu.edu, aa973600@rrpac.upr.clu.edu.
- Seki Technotron USA - North America and Europe sales and support subsidiary of Seki Technotron, Japan. manufacturer of microwave plasma CVD systems for diamond, carbon-nanotubes, carbides and nitrides and worldwide distributor of Hot Filament diamond CVD systems for R&D and production manufacturered by sp3 Diamond Technology and Blue Wave Semiconductor Systems.
- SP3 Diamond Technologies - Thin and thick film diamond for electronics, electrodes, heat spreading, wear applications, toll coating services and manufacturer of Hot Filament CVD systems (which are distributed by Seki).
- Rhombic Corporation
- University of Saskatchewan, Plasma Physics Lab, Saskatoon, Canada.
- Gas Dynamics group, Stanford University
- Stanford University's MTMC Laboratory -Thermal management of semiconductor packages using novel micromachined structures. Work on CVD diamond and SOI structures.
- Vista Engineering, spin of company from UoA specialising in diamond-coated cutting tools.
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
Japan
- Kobe Steel, Electronics Research Lab, Kobe, Japan - oriented CVD diamond, devices, doping, sensors, and many other applications of CVD diamond.
- National Institute for Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan. Includes the Surface Functionalized Device Team.
- National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Japan. New name for NIRIM.
- Osaka University (T. Kobayashi Laboratory)
- Seki Technotron Corp - Kiba, Japan - manufacturers of diamond PECVD reactors (taken over supply and manufacture of Astex reactors from 2001).
China
- Beijing Tiandi Orient Diamond Tech. Co., Ltd. - research and manufacture CVD diamond films and its products.
- Center of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films, City University of Hong Kong.
- Gansu LingYun Nano-Material Co., Ltd., Lanzhou, China - suppliers of detonation nanodiamond.
- Hebei Academy of Sciences (Plasma Laboratory), Shijiazhuang, China, specialists in research and development of CVD diamond film for mechanical, heat management or optical applications.
- Kodia Company, Ltd, Changsha, China - suppliers of industrial diamond and c-BN powders
- Leadar Superabrasives Co., Ltd, Hunan, China - manufacturer and exporter of synthetic diamond grits, diamond micron powder and other diamond products.
- Tianjing Jiahe Diamond Tool Co., Ltd - producers of plated diamond tools, CBN tools and other products for polishing, cutting and grinding glass, crystal, stone and gemstones, etc.
- ZZ Domore Superabrasives, Zhengzhou, Henan, China - suppliers of abrasives, including industrial diamond and CVD diamond.
Korea
- Iljin Diamond Co., Ltd, Korea - manufacturers of CVD diamond, synthetic diamond, cBN, polycrystalline products (PCD/PCBN), and hard metal (WC) for micro-drill and rolls.
- In Sung Diamond Co, Ltd., Incheon, Korea, manufacturers of industrial diamond tool products.
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Division of Ceramics, Seoul, Korea.
- Seoul National University, Thin film and Microstructure Lab, Korea - growth mechanisms of CVD Diamond and carbon nanotube; charged cluster theory
Russia/Ukraine
- ALIT (Ukraine) - manufacturers of nanodiamond particles and grit.
- Institute for Superhard Materials ., Kiev, Ukraine - manufacturer of the synthetic diamond powders.
- Moscow State University - Department of Physics. Lots of information about Laser Raman, field emission and CL experiments.
- SibNanoTech (Russia) - suppliers of nanodiamond powders (called NewNDs). Details from: sibnt@mail.ru
- Uralalmazinvest (UAI Co.) (Russia) - suppliers of single crystal diamond sustrates, detectors and electronic components.
Rest of the World
- The Diamond Group at the Associate Laboratory of Sensors and Materials of the Center for Special Technologies CTE/INPE, Brazil.
- Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India - working on electrical and tribological properties of diamond films, also carbon nanotubes, nanodiamond and single crystal diamond. .
- University of Melbourne, Microanalytical Research Laboratory, Australia, Stephen Prawer's group
- Nanofilm Technologies International, PTE Ltd, Singapore - manufacturers of filtered cathodic vacuum arc deposition systems for DLC and ta-C films.
- North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon, India - CVD diamond growth and characterisation
- Mechanical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India - diamond coating carbide inserts
- Novel Laser Technologies, Melbourne, Australia - ambient temperature diamond deposition on all substrates. Email: admin@novlastechs.com
- Dept of Physics, University of Pune, India
- Standards and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia (Metals Technology Group), contact Inderjeet Kaur Singhkaur
- State University of the Fluminense North (UENF), Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - synthesis of diamonds with new types of catalysts, cubic boron nitride and other hard materials. Email: lucia@uenf.br
- UNESP, Brazil, (Laboratory of Research and Development of Devices with CVD Diamond and New Materials).
Links about Diamond Gemstones
- Pictures of famous gemstones
- American Museum of Natural History, Diamond Exhibition 1998 - lots of facts about diamond gems