LUMINESCENT DIAMOND AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20240326000A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-03

    申请号:US18701854

    申请日:2022-12-08

    CPC classification number: B01J3/067 C09K11/65 B01J2203/0655 B01J2203/0685

    Abstract: Luminescent diamond is made subjecting a volume of diamond grains and catalyst material to high-pressure/high-temperature (HPHT) conditions. A pressure apparatus and/or a pressure cell is specially configured to impose a differential or asymmetric pressure onto the diamond volume during the HPHT conditions. This subjects the diamond grains to differential strain that increases the degree of plastic deformation of the diamond grains to increase the formation of nitrogen vacancy centers. Diamond pellets formed by such process and subjected to differential pressure can have an aspect ratio, or an aspect ratio change, of greater than one. The temperature of the HPHT process is 1.800° C. or less to facilitate desired nitrogen migration to preferentially promote formation of NV centers over NVN and N3 centers in the diamond pellets to provide a degree of luminescence in a red wavelength spectrum greater than diamond pellets formed by some other HPHT processes.

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