Check out the work at Auburn University, several colleagues have pioneered work in diamond thin film deposition and different conversion processes. The applications of diamond coatings remain largely unexplored, most any MEMS application for tribological properties would be new research and development. Based on the work from Auburn and other extreme service materials like Silicon Carbide, the materials science and physics has been mostly completed, you just got to figure out a cost effective approach to making product, assuming there is a market.....and all the business stuff...Rob -----Original Message----- From: mems-talk-bounces+robdavis=caldussemi.com@memsnet.org [mailto:mems-talk-bounces+robdavis=caldussemi.com@memsnet.org]On Behalf Of VIKAS Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 7:43 AM To: General MEMS discussion Subject: [mems-talk] Diamond Hi, Can anyone give me some information about the feasibility of diamond as a bearing material, particularly the cost of fabrication etc. Any good links would be helpful. Thank you Vikas Senior Undergraduate, Mechanical Engineering Dept. IIT Bombay. _______________________________________________ MEMS-talk@memsnet.org mailing list: to unsubscribe or change your list options, visit http://mail.mems-exchange.org/mailman/listinfo/mems-talk Hosted by the MEMS Exchange, providers of MEMS processing services. Visit us at http://www.memsnet.org/