Facilities
CCL-Diamond offers access to the joint Fraunhofer/University laboratories, which are located on the campus of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) and in an industrial laboratory in Plymouth, Michigan. Facilities related to the synthesis, processing and characterization of diamond materials include:
Industrial Diamond Synthesis Machines
- 5x 2.45 GHz microwave plasma assisted chemical vapor deposition machines
- 1x 915 MHz microwave plasma assisted chemical vapor deposition machines
- 2x physical vapor deposition machines for the synthesis of amorphous carbon coatings
- 1x robot-controlled high power laser cladding system
Post-Processing and Micro Fabrication Equipment
- 2x physical vapor deposition machines for metallization
- 2x electron cyclotron resonance plasma etchers
- 4” diamond lapping and polishing machine
- Cleanroom facility
Characterization
- Laser induced surface acoustic wave tester to measure Young’s modulus
- Optical and electron microscopes (SEM) including energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy for chemical analysis (EDX)
- Cyclic voltammetry electrochemical tester
- Contact angle measurement o Surface profilometer
- Raman spectroscopy
- X-ray diffraction (XRD)
- Photo electron spectroscopy (XPS)
- Optical characterization tools for measuring transmission from 185 – 3500 nm
