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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2004
Applicants:
Jeremy E. Dahl, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert M. Carlson, Petaluma, CA (US);
Shenggao Liu, Hercules, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jeremy E. Dahl, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert M. Carlson, Petaluma, CA (US);
Shenggao Liu, Hercules, CA (US);
Assignee:
Chevron U.S.A. Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C30B 29/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Novel uses of higher diamondoids are disclosed. Specifically, higher diamondoids may be used to nucleate diamond films and diamond-like carbon films. Such higher diamondoids include iso-tetramantane [1(2)3], anti-tetramantane [121], the two enantiomers of skew-tetramantane [123], the ten possible pentamantane, the thirty nine possible hexamantanes, the one hundred sixty heptamantanes, as well as the various octamantanes, nonamantanes, decamantanes, and undecamantanes.