Maybe my dreams will become a reality!!!

[zidane1strife]

I've always dreamed of having diamond based frying pans, sunglass frames, and kitchen utensils...

NO, It wasn't for the perceived value of diamond, but for its properties...

It's begun!!!!



http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/diamond.html

 

[Trawler]

When I saw this topic, the first thing I thought was that you had registered yourself for this:

http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/L/lapdance_island/

But diamond cutting? Well, whatever floats your boat.

 

[zidane1strife]

Diamond cutting?

Mass manufactured cheap diamond, that's what I want... and that's what it appears I'll get.

PS I also want tableware, and of course a solid diamond ring!!! Always wanted one, now I finally have the design for it,(the one from .hack.).

Yes the ring won't shine as much, yes in the future it might be relatively cheap, it might look like cheap glass, but that's what I want.

 

[Basic]

Frying pan?

Gi'mme a heatsink and some Arctic Diamond.

 

[Malo]

I just can't wait to see this implemented in fabrication of chips. they even mention Intel Pentiums on diamond-based boards in the article. they explain that because of the much higher conductivity and heat tolerance, much higher clock speeds will be realised?

 

[pascal]

Probably with diamond pentiums we will have to use only watercooling

My electricity bill will go to the stars.

 

[Fruitfrenzy]

When I was at uni I spent a summer working with a research group using the CVD method to grow diamond crystals on silicon wafers. This was in 1993.

They were at the stage of getting the diamonds to align with the silicon structure "most" of the time but they were still very small crystals.

If I recall correctly they were quite interested in DLC (Diamond Like Carbon) which has a more irregular structure than diamond but is harder.

 

[Mariner]

If I recall correctly they were quite interested in DLC (Diamond Like Carbon) which has a more irregular structure than diamond but is harder.

Eh? I thought that Diamond was supposed to be the hardest substance known? :?

Just out of interest, do tell more...

 

[Fruitfrenzy]

I'm afraid I don't remember a lot of details about it.

From what I remember ...

DLC is easier to produce than diamond (you get DLC when you are not getting the setup to create diamond quite right). It has similar properties to diamond (low coefficient of friction, hardness etc) but I think it is less immune to the effetcs of heat. I suspect it is also not any use as a semiconductor due to the irregular arrangement of the atoms (which would impede electron flow).

It has been a long time since I have looked at anything even remotely related to this field so it is entirely possible I have it all wrong.

I just did a quick Google search for "Diamond Like Carbon" and it came up with quite a few industrial applications of it.

 

[Mariner]

Thanks - sounds quite interesting.

 

[Saem]

Diamonds aren't that great, actually.

The great thing is that they can handle compression quite well, but they can still shatter quite easily.

I believe rubies are supposed to be better balanced.

 

[MfA]

Fruitfrenzy, maybe it is just amorphous diamond? Amorphous material is bad for ICs, properties of transistors are too variable, unless it is locally crystalline and you can control the position and size of the grains precisely.

The techniques being developed for doing just that for deposited silicon on flexible substrates might be applicable for diamond too.