METHOD OF FORMING DIAMOND-STRUCTURED PARTICLES

摘要

FIELD: carbon particles. ^ SUBSTANCE: invention relates to technology of preparing particles having monocrystalline diamond structure via growing from vapor phase under plasma conditions. Method comprises step ensuring functioning of plasma chamber containing chemically active gas and at least one carbon compound and formation of reactive plasma, which initiate appearance of seed particles in the plasma chamber. These particles ensure multidirectional growing of diamond-structured carbon thereon so that particles containing growing diamond are formed. Functioning of plasma chamber proceeds under imponderability conditions but can also proceed under gravitation conditions. In latter case, seed particles and/or diamond-containing particles in reactive plasma are supported under effect of external gravitation-compensating forces, in particular by thermophoretic and/or optic forces. Temperature of electrons in the plasma are lowered by effecting control within the range from 0.09 to 3 ev. Chamber incorporates plasma generator to generate plasma with reduced electron temperature and device for controlling forces to compensate gravitation and to allow particles to levitate in the plasma with reduced electron temperature. This device comprises at least one levitation electrode for thermophoretic levitation of particles in plasma with reduced electron temperature or an optical forceps device. ^ EFFECT: enabled efficient growing of high-purity duly shaped particles with monocrystalline diamond structure having sizes from 50 mum to cm range (for instance, 3 cm). ^ 19 cl, 5 dwg