{{Short description|American synthetic diamond manufacturer (1990–2006)}} {{More citations needed|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox company | name = Apollo Diamond | logo = | type = | genre = | foundation = | founder = | location_city = Boston, Massachusetts | location_country = United States | area_served = | key_people = Robert Linares<br/>Bryant Linares | industry = Diamond / Manufacturing | products = Synthetic diamonds | services = | market cap = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = http://www.sciodiamond.com/ | footnotes = | intl = }}
'''Apollo Diamond Inc.''' was a company based in Boston, Massachusetts that was able to produce nearly flawless single crystal diamond wafers and crystals. These crystal diamond wafers and crystal are used in the optoelectronics, nanotechnology and in the consumer gem markets. The company used chemical vapor deposition (CVD) for the production of their gem-sized synthetic diamond crystals. They obtained several U.S. patents on the process. By contrast to the previous diamond-making techniques, which usually produced colored diamonds, Apollo Diamond's techniques allowed the production of colorless gems.<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/maney/2005-05-31-nanotech_x.htm Nanotechnology's everywhere], ''USA today''</ref>
In 2011, many assets of Apollo Diamond were acquired by Scio Diamond Technology Corporation, which said it would use the technology at its South Carolina facility.<ref>[https://www.jckonline.com/2011/09/27/new-company-plans-to-produce-synthetic-diamonds New Company Plans to Produce Synthetic Diamonds]</ref>
==See also== * List of synthetic diamond manufacturers
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==External linksreat== *[http://www.sciodiamond.com/ SCIO Diamond website] *[https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/diamond.html The New Diamond Age], ''Wired'', September 11, 2003 *[http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/diamonds-on-demand.html Diamonds on Demand], ''Smithsonian'', June, 2008 *[https://archive.today/20121214075905/http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html&r=0&f=S&l=50&TERM1=Apollo+Diamond&FIELD1=ASNM&co1=AND&TERM2=&FIELD2=&d=PTXT US Patents awarded to Apollo Diamond] *[https://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/maney/2005-05-31-nanotech_x.htm USAToday: Nanotechnology's everywhere], May 2005
Category:Synthetic diamond
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