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Application development for hard
problems
Advanced Diamond Technologies (ADT) solves hard problems. Using
our proprietary diamond technology, UNCD®, ADT
is tackling some of the world’s most challenging issues
- from water purification to anti-coagulation devices to biomedical
sensors. The following are just a few examples of how ADT is solving
the world’s hardest problems.
ELIMINATING BLOOD CLOTTING using UNCD for implantable
devices
 Robert
Jarvik, of JarvikHeart®,
revolutionized the medical industry and, more importantly, has
provided extended life to those being treated for severe heart
failure. JarvikHeart has turned to ADT to use UNCD to reduce the
risk of blood clotting in tiny channels of the infant heart assist
devices, thereby reducing the need for blood thinning medications
and improving patient safety.
DIAMOND MEMS BIOSENSORS
for real-time sensing of chemical/biological threats
 Soldiers
in the field on today’s battlegrounds face increased risk
from exposure to water-based biological and chemical attacks.
Current sensor technology either works only in air or last only
a short time in water. UNCD forms an extremely stable substrate
for molecular detection, and ADT has been engaged by the Defense
Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) to create a diamond MEMS biosensor
to detect water borne threats such as e. coli. Funding to date
for this project has exceeded $5 million.
WATER PURIFICATION
using UNCD diamond electrodes
 As
populations soar and natural resources become more valuable, treatment
of commercial waste streams becomes more important. ADT is developing
diamond electrodes to use in both bio MEMS sensors as well as
components used for detoxifying extreme industrial waste streams.
NEXT GENERATION CMP
pad conditioners and other 3-D diamond products
With the continuation of Moore’s law, both in regards to
transistor size and reduction in price per chip, the tolerance
for all processes are increasingly tight. ADT has been award a
$150,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to develop a
CMP Pad Conditioner appropriate for future nodes. Contact ADT
to collaborate with us on this project.
DIAMOND RF MEMS
for mobile wireless applications
 Mobile
wireless applications are becoming increasingly demanding –
requiring higher frequencies (3G, 4G) and longer battery life.
ADT is working with partners like MEMtronics to develop piezoelectric
diamond RF MEMS filters to solve these commercially relevant problems.
INCREASING THE RELIABILITY
of rotating equipment
 Environmental
disasters like the recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico highlights
the importance of reliability in all industrial equipment. Using
over $2 million of grants and funding, ADT has developed the revolutionary
diamond UNCD Components product line to enhance reliability and
increase energy efficiency for hydrodynamic bearings and pump
seals.
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