Non-crystalline Diamond

including

Amorphic and Nanophase Diamond Films

	Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) image of Amorphic Diamond (a:D) film	Hard, flexible, and without fracture planes, NON - crystalline diamond is better!
Bar is 0.1 Microns [Human hair is 10 microns (m) dia.]	These structural units are NODULES, not crystals.

	STM image showing wear resistance of 1 micron a:D coating applied DIRECTLY to 304 stainless	Coated plateau is undamaged after 50 hours of tumbling in slurry of 240 mesh SiC while uncoated stainless is severly eroded.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Technical Background
• Origin of the Technology
• The Patent Pool
• Bibliography