# Apollo Diamond

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{{Short description|American synthetic diamond manufacturer (1990–2006)}}
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| key_people       = Robert Linares<br/>Bryant Linares
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'''Apollo Diamond Inc.''' was a company based in [Boston](/source/Boston), [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts) that was able to produce nearly flawless single [crystal](/source/crystal) [diamond](/source/diamond) wafers and crystals. These crystal diamond wafers and crystal are used in the [optoelectronics](/source/optoelectronics), [nanotechnology](/source/nanotechnology) and in the consumer [gem](/source/gemstone) markets. The company used [chemical vapor deposition](/source/Chemical_vapor_deposition_of_diamond) (CVD) for the production of their gem-sized [synthetic diamond](/source/synthetic_diamond) crystals. They obtained several U.S. [patent](/source/patent)s on the process. By contrast to the previous diamond-making techniques, which usually produced colored diamonds, Apollo Diamond's techniques allowed the production of [color](/source/color)less 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](/source/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](/source/List_of_synthetic_diamond_manufacturers)

==Notes==
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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](/source/Wired_(magazine))'', September 11, 2003
*[http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/diamonds-on-demand.html Diamonds on Demand], ''[Smithsonian](/source/Smithsonian_(magazine))'', 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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