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Diamond shell fabricated by using porous particle and the fabrication method thereof

US8048494B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 13, 2006
Grant dateNov 1, 2011
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Expiry dateJul 5, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/249957
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A hollow diamond shell with a size of a few micrometer to hundreds of micrometer and having a geometrical shape and its fabrication method are disclosed. A diamond film is deposited by a CVD method and porous grits are used as a victim substrate to be etched later, so that the substrate can be easily removed by a capillary phenomenon that an etching solution can be intensively absorbed in a substrate etching process. Thus, a perfect diamond shell with only a plurality of fine pores with a nano size without any conspicuous opening can be obtained. Also, a diamond shell with a small opening of below 10 percent of the surface area of grits can be fabricated by controlling a nuclear generation of diamond particles.

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