Apollo Diamond Inc. was a company based in Boston, Massachusetts that was able to produce nearly flawless single crystal diamond wafers and crystals. These crystal diamond wafers and crystal are used in the optoelectronics, nanotechnology and in the consumer gem markets. The company used chemical vapor deposition (CVD) for the production of their gem-sized synthetic diamond crystals. They obtained several U.S. patents on the process. By contrast to the previous diamond-making techniques, which usually produced colored diamonds, Apollo Diamond's techniques allowed the production of colorless gems.Nanotechnology's everywhere, USA today
In 2011, many assets of Apollo Diamond were acquired by Scio Diamond Technology Corporation, which said it would use the technology at its South Carolina facility.New Company Plans to Produce Synthetic Diamonds
See also List of synthetic diamond manufacturers
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External linksreat SCIO Diamond website The New Diamond Age, Wired, September 11, 2003 Diamonds on Demand, Smithsonian, June, 2008
USAToday: Nanotechnology's everywhere, May 2005