Solar-Induced Chemical Vapor Deposition of Diamond-Type Carbon Films

An improved chemical vapor deposition method for depositing transparent continuous coatings of sp.sup.3 -bonded diamond-type carbon films, comprising: a) providing a volatile hydrocarbon gas/H.sub.2 reactant mixture in a cold wall vacuum/chemical vapor deposition chamber containing a suitable substrate for said films, at pressure of about 1 to 50 Torr; and b) directing a concentrated solar flux of from about 40 to about 60 watts/cm.sup.2 through said reactant mixture to produce substrate temperatures of about 750.degree. C. to about 950.degree. C. to activate deposition of the film on said substrate.

Patents:
US 5,346,729   [MORE INFO]

Inventor(s): James T. Stanley; C. Edwin Tracy; David E. King; John Roland Pitts

Type of Offer: Licensing



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