Build Diamonds, One Carbon Atom at a Time

Practically spinning straw into gold, ADT Advanced Diamond Technologies makes diamond one carbon atom at a time. ADT’s ultra-nanocrystalline diamond (UNCD) is born of U.S. Department of Energy research and uses a nanometer-scale process to make a continuous film comprised of the smallest grains of diamond known. UNCD, consisting of diamond grains that are 3-5 nm in diameter, has uses in wireless communication, bio-sensors and nano-manufacturing. “"We turn 50 cents of natural gas into $500 of diamond by rearranging the carbon atoms,”" said ADT’s president Neil Kane.