Element Six Ventures specializes in seed to late-stage technology operations that use syntheticdiamond and other supermaterials demonstrating scalable and commercial potential.
The researchers tried three ideas: a single tungsten tip, an array of silicon tips, and a film containing jagged fragments of syntheticdiamond, whose sharp angles acted as tips.
Synthetic diamonds, made by compressing diamond shards under high temperature and pressure, are less brittle and wear more evenly than natural diamonds.
With larger, synthetic gem quality diamonds coming into the market, investments in larger, natural, high quality diamond will become more attractive than ever.