PECVD diamond layers
The quality of diamond thin films has steadily improved over the years. The number of interesting applications and products has significantly grown since it became possible to deposit homogenous and dense nano crystalline diamond films at temperatures from 300 to 400°C compared to ~1,000°C initially.
Our NCS 6-300 and NCS 3-150 coating systems exploit the linear coaxial antenna technology for sustaining the discharges with microwave power.
Supplying pulsed power rather than continuous waves provides high chemical conversion rates while reducing the heat load to the substrate.
The substrate temperature is independently controlled by infrared heaters and gas cooling.
Thermocouple, heater, cooler and a molybdenum substrate stage encapsulated by stainless steel sheets are mounted on a z-axis stage which can also rotate if required.
Our NCS 6-300 and NCS 3-150 are supplied with proven process know-how, which has been developed in conjunction with specialist partner companies.
Diamond - Pure Carbon
Not only is carbon the central ingredient of the majority of all organic molecules on this planet, it begins to develop its potential in the crystalline world too. In between the two commonly known forms of pure carbon, graphite and diamond, an ever growing number of carbon based materials have been discovered or developed, some of which show unique properties.
Based on the revolutionary discovery of diamond synthesis in a vacuum environment, with its inherent morphology control in a plasma process, many different carbon materials have been developed: DLC - diamond like carbon, Buckminster Fullerenes and Nanotubes to name just a few.
But the story continues. Only recently, the Nobel Price has been awarded for the discovery of Graphenes, an extremely thin material of outstanding optical, electrical and mechanical properties.
The NCS 3-150 is a revolutionary new MW Plasma CVD deposition system for low temperature growth of diamond and graphene based films. This system enables nano crystalline diamond compatible thin film growth over a very broad range of materials for device integration, biocompatible coatings and other advanced applications.
