Diamond Thin Films

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	2002	Download Aug.–Dec. 2002 Viewpoints (PDF)
Dec/Jan -		2002: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2003
November -		Nanorobot Manufacture of Diamond-Lattice Crystals from Silica Microspheres
October -		Diamond-Cathode FEDs and Competition from Emerging LEP Display Technology Recent Developments: Vanderbilt's Diamond Field-Emitter Triode • Aixtron Diamond CVD System for Taiwan
September -		Carbon Nanotubes Applications: Kochi Diamond Light: Improving Lightbulb Efficiency
August -		Recent Developments: De Beers's New Research Center • Bekaert Committed to Advanced Coating Growth • NICAM Funding for Ultrathin DLC Players: Atomic-Scale Design Incorporated
July -		Recent Developments: Gallium Nitride: Follow-Up • Gas-Sensor Programs at Vanderbilt
June -		Tooling Companies Recent Developments: FEPET's Name Change • Diamonex Business Update Explorer Announcement
May -		Applications: Tooling Choices and Markets Players: ASTeX, Seki Technotron, and MKS Instruments
April -		CVD Diamond Tools: Cost Limited
March -		UV LEDs and Lasers Using Diamond Players: Changes for Japan's NIRIM
February -		Diamond Films as Part of the Wider Coatings Universe Announcement: Invitation to Our Readers

	2001
Dec/Jan -		2001: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2002
November -		The Technology in Brief: Laser Processing for Diamond on Steel Applications: More on Diamond MEMS Players: P1 Diamond Inc.
October -		Recent Developments: More DLC Products from Gillette The Technology in Brief: Diamond on Metal; Metal on Diamond Players: Products from the Russian Academy of Sciences
September -		The Technology in Brief: Alternative Routes to Diamond Formation; Diamond-Structured Carbon
August -		Applications: Mold Coatings from Richter Precision; Diamond Solar-Cell Research; Architectural Uses of DLC Players: DLC Coatings from Epion
July -		Automotive Applications of DLC: Current Directions Players: Diamond Deposition Equipment from Riber and Samco; Conference Announcements
June -		Recent Developments: Heteroepitaxial Developments in Germany
May -		Recent Developments: Nachi-Fujikoshi Introduces DLC End Mills; Diamonex Goes to E/M; ART Transfers Ownership of Dylyn to Bekaert Players: Delphi Licenses DLC Process
April -		Recent Developments: Hybrid Pulse Plasma for DLC Players: Austrian Diamond Coatings The Technology in Brief: Heteroepitaxial Results from Hong Kong
March -		Amorphous-Carbon Developments
February -		Recent Developments: X-Ray Sources and More from FEPET; CemeCon's Tooling Push; Diamond in Electron Amplifiers; The Handbook of Ceramic Hard Materials

	2000
Dec/Jan -		2000: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2001
November -		Recent Developments: Conference Reort: INTERTECH 2000; CVD Diamond Carbide Research Consortium; The Closure of Norton Diamond Film Players: CML Purchase by sp³ Inc.
October -		Recent Developments: Argonne DTFs for MEMS Devices; SI Diamond's FEPET Subsidiary; Diamond Nanotubes in Japan; DLC-Coated Biomedical Components Players: Northern Ireland Centre for Advanced Materials
September -		Recent Developments: Conference Report: 10th European Conference on Diamond
August -		Applications: Thermal Management Developments The Technology in Brief: Aixtron Promotes Improved Reactor Designs
July -		European Diamond Research Update
June -		Recent Developments: ART Moves Ahead with CVD, Southwest Research Institute Licenses PIIP, Centronic Offers Commercial UV Photodetectors, Uppsala University Creates Optical Microstructures, Reports on Tribology Coatings Are New
May -		New Crystalline Carbon Form
April -		Announcement of FxDiamond Razor from Schick Applications: Sandia's First Diamond Micromachines Players: About Multi-Arc
March -		DTF Tooling: The Slow Acceptance Model—Part 2 Players: Crystallume Sold to RobbJack
February -		DTF Tooling: The Slow Acceptance Model—Part 1

	1999
Dec/Jan -		1999: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2000
November -		Recent Developments: PIIP Process Update; More on Diamond FEDs Players: Polycrystalline Diamond from Goodfellow; DLC Coatings from Anatech; Diamond-Coated Tools from KINIK
October -		Alternative Display Materials for FEDs Recent Developments: World Record Data Density Using Hard Carbon Coatings
September -		Diamond Film Markets Update
August -		Explorer Technology Charts
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July -		Roundup of Diamond Participants
June -		Recent Developments: Following Up on Carbon Nanotubes The Technology in Brief: Joining Diamond to Metals Players: New Funding Partner for Diamonex; Intertech 2000 in Canada; The Industrial Diamond Association of America
May -		Recent Developments: Crystallume in Dispute with sp³ about Tooling Patents; Smoother Diamond Films Players: More about sp³ Inc.
April -		Commercial-Scale DTF Deposition Update: 1999
March -		Thermal Management: Not So Hot in 1999 Commercial Development Parameters: Follow-Up: The GE Patent on Transparent Diamond Applications: Recent Application Announcements
February -		Tough Competition in High-Temperature Electronics Materials Applications: Japanese Diamond Film Applications

	1998
Dec/Jan -		1998: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 1999
November -		Recent Developments: Technical Announcements Applications: Carbon Nanotubes for FED Displays Players: Crystalline Materials Corporation
October -		Recent Developments: Crystallume Completes Tooling Study Applications: De Beers Also Sees a Future for CVD Diamond Tools Players: Surmet Corporation Develops UltraC Diamond
September -		Consumers Gain Closer Shave with DLC
August -		Recent Developments The Technology in Brief: Ion Beams and Diamond Growth Commercial Development Parameters: Laser Deposition Announcements Applications: Synthetic Diamond Powders
July -		Epion's Cluster Ion-Beam Process Recent Developments: Electron Emission Improvements at Lucent; 1998 Technical Conferences
June -		Recent Developments: Diamonex Targets Chemical Mechanical Planarization; Diamonex's Bar-Code Scanner Windows The Technology in Brief: Los Alamos's Plasma Immersion Ion Process
May -		Smooth Diamond Coatings
April -		Recent Developments: Company Activities Roundup Areas to Monitor: Wear-Resistant Plastics Players: Process Developments in Finland
March -		Diamond Technologies and the Display Action
February -		Recent Developments: More News from ART Applications: More from Diamond Sensors Announcement: Diamond Film Handbook

	1997
Dec/Jan -		1997: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 1998
November -		Recent Developments: New Partner for Crystallume; Other Industry News Commercial Development Parameters: European Research and DTF Development Applications: X-Ray Lithography Opportunities Uncertain
October -		1997 Conference Review: Part 2
September -		1997 Conference Review: Edinburgh, Scotland
August -		QQC: Commercial Prospects
July -		Laser Processing and DTF Applications
June -		Recent Developments: Glass Coatings, Masks, and Wear-Resistant Films The Technology in Brief: Diamond Database and DTF Development
May -		Update on Crystallume/EDI Activities
April -		Pulsed Plasmas and Commercial Prospects Recent Developments: Purified Carbon Sources in Japan; DTFs in Wear and Corrosion and Electric Motors
March -		Improved UV Detectors from the United Kingdom Recent Developments: Coatings for Ferrous Substrates; 8th European Conference on Diamond and Diamond-like and Related Materials
February -		Diamond Dielectrics Recent Developments: FED Display Technology in the United States; Diamond in Very Fine Micromachined Probes; Diamond Supports in Electron Microscopy

	1996
Dec/Jan -		1996: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 1997
November -		Electronics Opportunities for DTF Process Weakness? Recent Developments: Japanese Reports; Deposition Developments
October -		Recent Developments: New Research Points to Direct Diamond Synthesis at Low Pressure; Some New Applications for DTFs
September -		Recent Developments: Commercial Ion-Beam-Deposition Systems; Solving the Adhesion Challenges for DTFs; Market Drives Diamond into Golf Clubs
August -		Following Up on Recent Stories; U.K. News about Diamond Materials and Applications; DTF Chip-Bonding Tools; Large Single Crystals
July -		Tribocoatings: Diamond Coating's Future Role
June -		U.S. Agencies Look for Commercial Opportunities; Competitive Materials Establish Footholds in Electronics and Tooling; More Electronic Products and Devices Are Available
May -		Amorphous Carbon Films as Value-Added Coatings
April -		Equipment Scale-Ups and Commercial Processes Abound
March -		Japanese Research Review
February -		Recent Developments: Kobe Steel's Work on Single-Crystal DTFs; DLC for Reducing Magnetic Head Wear; U.S. Companies in the News
Dec/Jan -		1995: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 1996