摘要 |
Crystalline diamond is grown on a substrate (26) by placing the substrate (26) on a nitride surface (14) which completely covers a graphite support (12), creating an atmosphere of a gaseous carbon compound around the substrate (26), bringing the temperature of the nitride surface (14) and the substrate (26) to at least 600 DEG C, and subjecting the gaseous carbon compound to microwave energy suitable to cause the compound to decompose and produce carbon which deposits on the substrate and forms crystalline diamond thereon. |