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"It's worse when you start getting rid of people. It's kind of like punishing somebody for having been in this situation," said Schwarzennager.
Schwarzenagger says he later came clean with his wife when confronted by her during couples therapy. That led to the break-up of his 25-year marriage last year.
The 65-year-old also acknowledges it wasn't his only affair, but he still holds out hope his marriage to Shriver will one day be restored.
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His autobiography, "Total Recall: My Unbelievable True Life Story" also covers his rise to fame from his rough childhood in Austria to world champion bodybuilding and then to blockbuster movie-making before becoming California's governor.
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Even though it was dry and ungodly hot, I will miss summer - especially the whole "casualness" of it. I can count on one hand the number of times I wore shoes this summer (except for cycling shoes). Just an old pair of sandals, if anything. Light summerfare dinners on the patio with white wine, fireflies, etc... - "...and the living is easy."
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IBM Pulse kicks off Pulse Solution Expo
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Yesterday, we kicked off the beginning activities of the IBM Pulse Conference, with the IBM Tivoli Business Partner Summit. We also began streaming live interviews directly from Pulse on the IBM Software Livestream channel. See some of the interviews below.
And note that we'll be livestreaming the Pulse keynote general starting around 8 am Pacific Time today. This session includes our keynote speaker, Dean Kamen!
Watch live streaming video from ibmsoftware at livestream.com
Other Expo interviews include:
Stay tuned for more!
IBM Pulse Kicks Off Opening General Session
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Today, IBM kicked off its Pulse Opening General Session with guest speaker Dean Kamen, physicist and inventor. Watch the livestream of the general session below. Nothing is wrong with your sound. In the beginning, we just didn't play the intro music while folks were coming in. :)
Today's activities included livestream sessions with the press:
Today's Pulse EXPO interviews included:
Key takeways from Pulse General Sessions: An interview with Scott Hebner
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We already know that the IBM Pulse Conference in Las Vegas highlights how IBM's expertise in analytics, systems management, sensors and security helps to bridge the physical and digital worlds and create new Smarter Planet infrastructures that are interconnected, instrumented, and intelligent. Technologies are being used to make grids, infrastructures, facilities and products more intelligent to save money, improve operations, manage risk, and better manage the use of natural resources. See the press kit that covers some of this material.
After the second and final Pulse general session today, I had a chance to grab a one-on-one interview with Scott Hebner, Vice President of Tivoli Marketing. I asked him a simple question that others have asked me while at the conference. Basically, the question went like this..."Wow, we learned so much in the general sessions the last two days. What are the key bullet points that summarize what I should take away from the Pulse general sessions?"
Here was his elevator summary response, based on my chicken scratch notes:
The IBM Smarter Computing strategy focuses on these three things:
1. Achieve business impact with visibility, control, and automation and the investment in technology to optimize smarter management infrastructures
Strategy without execution is hallucination--"Dr. Danny Sabbah"
IBM applies the strategy to client implementation with three key concepts:
1. Apply smarter technology to industry verticals such as banking, utilities, transportation, health care, education, government, retail
IBM will help clients optimize business outcomes by:
IBM provides a demonstration of how customers can make turn all this talk into a reality at the Pulse general session:
Embedded below you'll find Part 1 of the General Session Day 2. Here are the links for the Pulse 2011 general sessions and other video activities if you'd like to explore more live activity at the conference:
How to find Pulse content
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Thanks to all the IBM Pulse conference attendees and staff for making Pulse 2011 another great year!
Save the date for the Pulse 2012 conference next year: March 4-7, 2012 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Below are some links to help you find Pulse content and share in ongoing conversations beyond the conference:
Below is a photo slideshow that Pulse attendees added to the Pulse Group on Flickr. Please share yours as well and add the pulse2011 tag.
Quick recap of the Client Hospitality Lounge at Pulse2011
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Let me give a huge THANK YOU to everyone who stopped by the Client Hospitality Lounge at Pulse 2011! It was a pleasure to see you and hope to see you again next year!
I wanted to share a few pics and recap the 2011 Lounge experience and hopefully encourage even more IBM Clients to attend in 2012. :)
(Pic: Janice at the lounge)
Other than the fact that it took me a week to regain feeling in my feet, Pulse 2011 was a smashing success!
We had so much going on for our IBM clients that the Hospitality Lounge was a whirlwind of activity most hours of the expo and it was certainly exciting to be able to watch it unfold. I was honored to meet so many people I had only previously had a chance to tweet with or read their success stories online, as well as to see so many repeat clients who I had recognized from my previous two years of Pulse.
The first night we opened with a martini bar and Mikey, the world's best bartender, willingly served crowds of clients and IBMers that came in to network and kick back. Lots of clients took advantage of the opportunity and filled out reference forms and benefit surveys, earning them some nifty IBM gear that you can buy online at the logo store. If you missed filling out a reference form contact your IBM representative (or myself directly) and we will make sure you get the chance to be a part of the IBM Customer Reference Program.
(Pic on left: IBM clients working on reference forms and benefit surveys)
On the second day, the lounge guests were treated to ice cream bars and soda which were pretty much gone by the end of the day :) and I have to admit that I indulged a little!
Day 3 we had chips and soda as well as a steady flow of traffic…see for yourself:
We also had a very special person hanging out at the lounge this year, an IBM Tivoli Case Study Writer Ilana Reynolds. If you are at Pulse next year make sure to check and see if Ilana is there so you can do a case study interview on the spot! Case Studies are a great way for IBM Clients to share their innovative success stories through various outlets on IBM's dollar. They're also a way to have easy access to experts, VIP treatment, and networking opportunities.
(PIC: Ilana at the lounge)
If you went to either of the General Sessions (which I hope you did because they were amazing!) you might have heard about a little program called IBM Client Connections (or Client Connect). This is a growing program that started last year to help current and prospective IBM Clients connect in order to help them share insight, problem-solve, get tips and tricks, or explore new avenues as well as network.
Day 2 – 4 of Pulse we had tons of clients come to the lounge specifically looking to meet with other IBM clients, which was very exciting! This year we are working on creating a database that will allow us to set you up with a specific client based on job-level, geography, products/solutions, history, status, industry, you name it! In the meantime if you would like to participate in the IBM Client Connections Program contact me or your IBM rep and we will hook you up.
Here is a pic of some of the connections that were happening in the lounge:
A lesson learned: next year I will bring a better camera and more benefit surveys :P
Now I'd like to take a moment to ask for YOUR opinions! Please use the comment section to provide feedback on your lounge experience this year. I want to know what you liked, what you didn't, and anything else you feel like sharing. This info will help us ensure that we provide you the best experience in the coming years at Pulse.
So once again, thank you so much for visiting! If you didn't have the opportunity to stop by the lounge this year make sure you put it on your Pulse 2012 to-do list and I'll see you there! :)
SXSWi 2011: Will you be eating the grilled cheese this year?
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Yep, right on the heels of the most fantastic event in the world (This IS the Pulse blog, ok? We do play favorites here. ) comes SXSW where seemingly millions of
Anyway, I'm going to make my prediction about which
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Everyone knows that all you have to do to get elected most popular is give away stuff everyone wants. In some circles you might call that earmarking. GroupMe calls it grilled cheese. Here's how it worked: GroupMe set up a mobile kitchen right outside the Austin Convention Center and gave away free grilled cheese sandwiches and soda to those who sported the GroupMe logo which consists of a pound sign + smiley face.
Here's the part where I quote CNN because I am too lazy (and queasy) to describe this social media toddler rising star in my own words:
"GroupMe, which lets users create "private social networks" with their friends over text messages" and "It's the rage of SXSWi this year, which is saying something considering this place helped launch Twitter and Foursquare. Here's the gist: Phones can send a single text message to several people, but you can't "reply all" to those messages as you could on e-mail, Hecht said. Hence, GroupMe – and competitors like Beluga, kik and Fast Society – lets users create "groups" of friends and co-workers who they can chat with over text. Send a message to the group and all of its members get the text, either in the app, where it uses a phone's data plan, or as a standard SMS. " Get the whole CNN story.
And now you're wondering if I am sick because I indulged in the free sandwich. I did not. It's not that I am above accepting a free meal. But I live with two very small aliens who refuse to eat food unless it is made of cheese: cheese pizza, macaroni and cheese, grilled cheese . . . My palate has matured moved on from grilled cheese so I passed, went inside and paid $14 for a shaved turkey sandwich. So no, I am not featuring GroupMe in the Pulse blog because I am "drinking the koolaid" (which will now be referred to here as "eating the grilled cheese"). But I can totally see the value in GroupMe since I can barely text the one person who shares responsibility for my aliens to pick up a quart of milk without misspelling 80% of the words.
Let's check back next year to see how many of you are "eating the grilled cheese."
Fear and Loathing in Memphis, or Why We Need Smarter Baggage Handling
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I do not visit relatives during the holidays anymore. Especially if it involves air travel. It all started when I got engaged in 2000. As twenty-somethings that hadn't quite cut the apron strings from each of our families (both ½ day plane trip from Austin, TX) we decided to spend half of our two-week break in Florida with his family and the other half in North Carolina with mine. A great plan, right? Not. The trip was clearly cursed by the travel gods as way too ambitious during the holidays. In Florida, husband-to-be spent the day in the infirmary at Disneyland before requiring emergency dental surgery. In NC, while everyone worried they'd lose power because of Y2K, I thought I was dying of the flu. Literally adding insult to injury, the airline lost our luggage on our way home.
You'd think that trip was enough to render me superstitious against Christmas travel. But fast-forward a couple years into my newlywed era when I was eager to take the show on the road again, this time to introduce my beautiful baby girl, who by then was 18 months old and teething. She also had a minor ear infection, but she had a lot of those back then and if we stayed home for every one we'd never make it out for groceries. A quick trip to the pediatrician confirmed that air travel was perfectly safe as long as we continued her antibiotics. Parents of the world, you know what antibiotics can do to a toddler's digestive tract.
But the trip was great! And everything would have been just fine if the baggage handlers had not gone on strike while we were en route back to Austin. What should have been a 50 minute layover in Memphis turned into three days with no bags, no car seat, no stroller, no clean clothes, and worst of all, no diapers. Somehow we were able to convince the airline to provide us a hotel room, while others were provided the comfort of the airport furniture. Grateful to have a bed and bath, we still had none of the other toddler necessities listed above and no way to get them. Memphis, we learned, has no sidewalks, at least not any near our hotel. Complicate that with the fact that the city was thawing from an ice storm. Even if we found an open restaurant, walking meant risking a broken hip or being hit by a car skidding on ice. Thankfully, the hotel manager took pity and drove me to Wal-Mart for supplies. But that holiday trip did me in. Since then, I have not only stayed right in my own house at Christmas (with hoarded supplies, of course) but I have also acquired respect for and fear of the baggage handlers union.
We all have our travel horror stories, but maybe fewer of them will include the loss of luggage now that the folks of Amsterdam Airport Schipol figured out a way to leverage Integrated Service Management to create a smarter luggage processing system.
For more information on how this is possible, check out the presentation from IBM Tivoli General Manager Danny Sabbah from Pulse earlier this month on the Pulse Portal: "Unleashing Business Innovation with Integrated Service Management"
Could the days of me pining away for long distance relatives at the holidays be over because of smarter baggage handling, or will the travel gods come up with some other way to make me to stay home in December?


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The apartment is furnished to a high standard – with lots of attention to detail to ensure you enjoy a very comfortable & refreshing stay. It has been awarded a 4 star rating by Visit Scotland and I'm delighted to have lots of great Trip Advisor reviews from past guests. It has uninterupted, open views to Calton Hill and its eclectic collection of monuments – and also another spectacular view up the Royal Mile, with Canongate Kirk & its cherry trees in the foreground. Visitors say you feel you are experiencing Edinburgh without even leaving the apartment! The property has real Scandinavian oak flooring in the hallway and living area – and carpets in the bedrooms. The furnishing is of a high quality contemporary style – with a few antique twists! We hope our guests will enjoy the design features and art in the flat. A very welcoming & comfortable space for a couple, two singles, a family of up to 4 or alternatively, someone happy to chill out on their own!
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|Nearest airport: Edinburgh, Nearest railway: Edinburgh - Waverley 500 m
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There's a lovely, bright open plan (L-shaped) lounge, dining area & kitchen with 3 large windows giving the fabulous views mentioned above. The lounge has a flat screen TV; a DVD player (with some DVDs for your enjoyment); and a hi-fi with digital radio, CD player and bluetooth connection. There's a phone on which you can make free UK landline calls (use a calling card available from the shop next door to make international calls) and free wi-fi access. The kitchen is fully equipped with everything we think you will need, including a full sized dishwasher.
There is a good sized double bedroom (with a king size bed) and a smaller one that can be set up with either 1 or 2 beds. One of the beds is a "small single" so best suited for a small adult or child. To be sure you have a good night's sleep in the centre of the city, we have installed secondary glazing in the bedrooms – it creates a wonderful sense of calm. Hairdryers are provided so you won't need to pack these. The modern bathroom has both a bath and a shower – and also a dual voltage shaving socket. Guests are welcome to use the separate utility room with washing machine and tumble dryer (washing powder provided).
Prices are fully inclusive of bedlinen, towels, soap, gas, electricity and taxes. There is a welcome pack provided with tea, coffee and a few other food/drink items for your convenience.
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Dunbars Close Garden, set out in 17th century style, adjoins the property and provides both a beautiful tranquil spot to relax in and also contributes to the fantastic outlook from the kitchen and dining area windows.
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The flat is on the 3rd floor of a traditional stone built property. There's no lift but the climb is worth it when you see the views!
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Edinburgh is the "inspiring capital" of "the best small country in the world"! So our tourist board says!
Certainly, Edinburgh has a huge amount to offer the visitor - both in the city itself and within easy travelling distance There's beaches, quaint fishing villages, boat trips, open hills and castles & churches galore, within easy bus or train access, for a day away from the city. There's suggestions for daytrips in the Welcome Pack in the apartment.
Of course, within Edinburgh itself there's a huge variety of cultural / fun / active / historic experiences to enjoy - festivals, shops, galleries, museums, cafes, restaurants, bars, pubs, theatres, cinemas, live music venues, hills, parks, tourist attractions & guided walks... and more!
There are numerous attractions (including many free options) within less than 5 minutes of the apartment's front door - including the Scottish Parliament, Holyrood Palace (the Queen's official residence in Scotland), The Museum of Edinburgh, The Scottish Storytellers Centre and the magnicent wild, rugged hillsides of Salisbury Crags & Arthurs Seat (to name just a few!). Edinburgh Castle is just a 20 minute walk up the historic Royal Mile (tho' with many distractions en route!) and there are loads of fantastic restaurants, bars and shops in the immediate area. Princes Street is 10 minutes away, so you can see that the apartment is very well situated for full enjoyment of all that Edinburgh has to offer.


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Summer classes at the University of North Dakota continue to prove popular with students as a means of completing or getting ahead on course work, according to the latest enrollment figures.
UND's summer session enrollment figures are up from the previous year by 257 students. The enrollment total for this year's summer session is 6,277 students. That number was made up almost equally of men and women. There were 3,134 women enrolled in summer classes and 3,143 men.
The areas on campus that have seen the greatest increases in summer enrollment are non-degree students (up 98 students), the College of Business and Public Administration (up 78 students), Graduate School (up 77 students) and the School of Medicine Health Sciences (up 52 students).
Two age groups had the biggest increases in enrollment. They are the 22-24 year-olds, with an increase of 79 students, and the 30-34 year-olds, with 51 students.
The breakdown of how students are taking summer classes has also changed. There are now just about as many students doing distance learning as students learning in the traditional classrooms. This summer 43 percent of students taking classes did so by distance learning. That is an increase of 23 percent from last year's summer session.
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|Ching-Hsong Wu, Michael A. Tamor, Timothy J. Potter
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1. Technical Field
This invention relates to the art of depositing polycrystalline diamond films by low pressure chemical vapor deposition, and more particularly to hot filament chemical vapor deposition techniques.
2. Discussion of the Prior Art
The technology of low pressure chemical vapor deposition (hereinafter CVD) of polycrystalline diamond films has advanced in recent years (see J.C. Angus and C.C. Hayman, Science 241, 913 (1988); B.V. Spitsyn, L.L. Bouilov, and B.V. Derjaguing Journal of Crystal Growth 52, 219 (1981); and S. Matsumoto, Y. Sato, M. Kamo, and N. Setaka, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 21, L183 (1982)). However, fundamental understanding of the chemistry and Physics occurring in this CVD process is still lagging. The mechanism by which diamond is formed is not clear to the prior art, particularly with respect to intermediate substances that-may be required for stimulating diamond crystal growth.
This invention is directed to a method of using hot filament CVD that makes more clear the role of intermediate substances. Hot filament CVD is desirable because of its (a) low capital cost, and (b) ease to scale up. It is important to distinguish other low Pressure CVD techniques from hot filament CVD; such other techniques may comprise activation by radio frequency (RF) or microwave plasma, ion electron assisted CVD, RF sputtering, and ion beam. These other techniques are substantially different because the formation of electrically charged species will proceed in different chemical and physical reactions than those of neutral radical species produced by hot filament CVD.
Although hot filament CVD is desirable from an economic and scale up capability standpoint, it is limited by filament durability and accepted feed gases to produce less than optimum quality diamond. This invention has discovered a way to deposit diamond at high growth rates and with a desirable quality using hot filament CVD but with hydrocarbon feed gases which do not contain methyl group gases and at lower equivalent filament temperatures.
Two bodies of prior art are pertinent to this discovery: hot filament CVD using methyl containing feed gases, and other low pressure CVD techniques using non-methyl containing group feed gases.
Hot filament CVD prior art is exemplified in the following: (a) Y. Hirose and Y. Terasawa, "Synthesis of Diamond Thin Films by Thermal CVD Using Organic Compounds", Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 2, Volume 25, L519-21 (1986); (b) S. Matsumoto, Y. Sato, M. Kamo, N. Setaka, "Vapor Deposition of Diamond Particles from Methane", Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Volume 21, No. 4, April 1982, pp. L183-L185; and (c) U.S. Pat. No. 4,707,384 and corresponding German Patent DE 3,522,583. All of these references rely on methyl group containing feed gases for the hot filament technique, although reference is made to using non-methyl gases when not working with hot filament techniques. The reason for the inability to explore non-methyl gases with the hot filament CVD technique is due to accepted attitudes (such as represented in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,030,187 and 3,030,188) that non-methyl containing HC will not produce diamond growth.
The state of the art with respect to CVD techniques other than hot filament, such as microwave plasma and electron assisted heating, reference should be made to the following articles and patents: (a) K. Kobashi, K. Nishimura, Y. Kawate, T. Horiuchi, "Synthesis of Diamonds by Use of Microwave Plasma Chemical-Vapor Deposition: Morphology and Growth of Diamond Films", Physical Review, Volume 38, No. 6, Aug. 15, 1988 II, pages 4067-4083; and (b) U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,740,263, and 4,434,188.
The article to Kobashi et al is most emphatic in presenting a negative teaching with respect to hot filament CVD when using hydrocarbon feed gases which do not contain methyl group, such hydrocarbons being acetylene or ethylene . It is representative of the state of technical understanding that professes that it is not possible to use acetylene and ethylene with thermal filament CVD diamond methods (see the third paragraph, page 4071, of the article to Kobashi et al, Physics Review, 38 (1988)).
U.S. Pat. No. 4,740,263 is not helpful with respect to hot filament techniques since it utilizes acetylene only with respect to electron assisted CVD. In electron assisted CVD, extra energy must be supplied to cause diamond crystal nuclei to form and grow to a thin film with electron bombardment. The extra energy is supplied by DC voltage bias. A direct current voltage (for example, 150 volts with 20 mA/cm2 as described in example 1, and 1000 volts with 80 mA/cm2 as described in example 6) between the filament and the substrate (positive voltage) is required in order to emit and accelerate electrons and to cause bombardment on the substrate surface. Electron assisted CVD which causes ionization of molecules and radicals in gas Phase and on the substrate surface is different from hot filament CVD. Electron bombardment is not desirable because of a dislocation of the lattice structure. In U.S. Pat. No. 4,434,188, microwave plasma is used at unusually low temperatures; this leads to a much lower deposition rate and similar dislocation.
The invention is a method of growing high purity diamond crystallite structures at relatively high growth rates on a substrate that can withstand high temperatures (i.e., up to 1000° C). The process comprises essentially two steps: (a) flowing diamond producing feed gases at low pressure through a reaction chamber containing the substrate, the feed gases being comprised of hydrocarbon diluted by hydrogen and being substantially devoid of methyl group gases; and (b) while concurrently raising the temperature of the substrate to the temperature range of 600°-1000° C., thermally activating the feed gases by use of a hot filament located within the chamber and upstream and adjacent the substrate, the filament being heated to a temperature above 1900° C., that is effective to generate a substantial atomic hydrogen (H) concentration and carbon containing free radicals. A substantial additional loss in carbon balance of the gases is triggered at a lower filament temperature indicative of the formation of intermediate substances that stimulate diamond growth.
The non-methyl containing (NMHC) hydrocarbons of the feed gases are selected from the group consisting of acetylene and ethylene. In a first embodiment, the gases, consisting of NMHC and hydrogen, are mixed prior to passing the filament. In this first embodiment, diamond purity may be further enhanced by adding 15-20% (vol.) of CO to the feed gases, which CO promotes dissociation of oxygen which will remove graphite. In an alternative embodiment, the gases NMHC are delivered in a substantially nonmixed condition past said filament and are substantially mixed for the first time at the surface of the substrate.
The hot filament chemical vapor deposition technique is carried out at a pressure in the range of 1-500 Torr; the feed gases are maintained in a ratio of NMHC gas to hydrogen of 0.1-5.0% by volume of the gas mixture. The filament is spaced upstream from the substrate a distance preferably within the range of 2-20 mm, and the filament material content may be selected from the group consisting of tungsten, tantalum, and rhenium.
The thickness of the diamond deposited crystal structures is controlled to a thickness of 0.1-10 microns by continuing steps (a) and (b) of the process for a period of time of about 0.1-4 hours. The growth rate of such crystalline structures range from 0.1-10 microns per hour depending principally upon the NMHC concentration, filament temperature, and substrate temperature. The growth rate of said diamond crystallite structure may be optimized by elevating the filament temperature to the range of 2400°-2500° C. and by directing the feed gases in a nonmixed condition through the filament and thence mixed together for the first time at the surface of the substrate.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the mechanism of diamond formation using the process of this invention;
FIG. 2 is an apparatus effective for carrying out the process invention herein;
FIGS. 3-4 are graphical illustrations of gas content at the vicinity of the substrate as a function of filament temperature; the hydrocarbon component of the feed gas being acetylene in FIG. 3 and methane in FIG. 4;
FIGS. 5-6 are graphical illustrations of gas content at a location remote from the filament as a function of filament temperature, the hydrocarbon component of the feed gas being acetylene in FIG. 5 and methane in FIG. 6;
FIGS. 7-8 are low resolution Raman spectrums of diamond crystallite structures deposited in accordance with this invention, FIG. 7 resulting from the use of the method mode where the gases are premixed prior to filament passage and FIG. 8 from the method mode where the gases are mixed only at the reaction surface; and
FIG. 9 is a scanning electron microscope microgram of diamond crystals deposited in accordance with this invention.
Turning first to FIG. 1, the mechanism of diamond formation for the process herein begins with separate feed gases of (i) non-methyl group hydrocarbon (NMHC), and (ii) hydrogen, the major constituent of such gases being passed through or over a hot filament which Promotes the formation of electrically neutral radical species and hydrogen atoms. The dominant radical species, resulting from the use of acetylene or ethylene as the hydrocarbon are believed to be C, CH, CH2, CH3 and C2, C2 H, and C2 H3. These radical species diffuse and react with each other either in the gas phase or on the substrate surface. Only certain species reacted on substrate surface are responsible for diamond growth (i.e., those species containing C2).
The carbon balance [defined to mean 100X (total carbon in hydrocarbon and compounds detected by gas chromatograph)/(total carbon in feed gases)]is about 60% between 1500°-1900° C. due to thermal diffusion, but at 1900° C. there begins a dramatic additional loss of carbon which is believed to be due to the formation of carbon clusters (or diamond building precursors). These elementary carbon clusters are partially frozen by thermal diffusion (defined to mean herein molecular diffusion caused by the temperature and gradient) and thus form a nonequilibrium or "supersaturated" state at the substrate surface that leads to deposition of diamond. Such thermal diffusion depends upon a critical filament heating of the flow of gases, the filament being placed substantially immediately upstream of the substrate while maintaining the substrate to a critical threshold temperature.
The apparatus useful for effecting such low pressure hot filament CVD diamond deposition is shown in FIG. 2. It comprises a reactor 10 and a filament grid 11 supplied with appropriate power from a supply 12. A substrate heater 14 is placed adjacent the filament and is supplied with appropriate power from a supply 15. The feed gas is introduced through one or more tubes 16 which are precontrolled by mass flow controllers 18. The gases are pumped from the reactor by means of a mechanical rough pump 22. The pressure of gases in the reactor (1-1500 Torr) is measured and controlled by a capacitance manometer 13 and a variable control valve 17. The heater pedestal is adjustable with respect to its distance from the filament by an adjuster 21. The temperature of the substrate 22 which is to be placed upon the heater pedestal is monitored by thermocouple 23 (type K, 0.01 inch diameter). A sample of the gases passing through the reactor may be made by the gas sampling tube extending along with the position controller.
The reactor used is a 1.5 inch OD stainless steel six-way cross reactor and the filament is a "W" shape filament grid comprised of rhenium having a wire diameter of about 0.010 inches and covering a grid area of about one square inch at the center of the reactor; the size of the filament reactor can be varied. The filament is heated with low voltage (i.e., 40 volts) AC power and the temperature (1500°-2500° C.) is monitored and controlled using a two-color optical pyrometer controller. The substrate temperature (600°-1100° C.) is controlled with a temperature controller.
The gas mixture is injected from ceramic tube 16 (0.25 inch OD) at 0.75 inch above the filament. In the embodiment of FIG. 2, the gas mixture of known composition is premixed prior to introduction to the reactor chamber by use of mass flow controllers. However, alternatively, the hydrocarbon gases may be introduced separately through the use of a separate ceramic inlet tube (entering from the side or around the filament) and directed to impinge the hydrocarbon gas at a location immediately downstream of the filament (after the hydrogen gas has passed through the grid 11) to mix at or adjacent the surface of the substrate.
The total pressure (typically about 50 Torr) in the reactor is monitored with capacitance manometer 13 and controlled by a controller 18 and variable valve 17. The gas temperature is measured with a platinum/platinum + 13% rhenium thermocouple. The operating conditions of the reactor are stable during diamond deposition and chemical analysis, with maximum variation in filament or substrate temperatures of plus or minus 2° C., flow rates of plus or minus 0.05 sccm, and pressure of plus or minus 0.2 Torr.
For gas analysis, a position adjustable uncooled quartz microprobe with a conical tip containing an inlet orifice can be installed beneath the filament grid, replacing the substrate heater. Gas analysis is performed after the desired process conditions are reached and stabilized. A sampling valve is opened momentarily to pump out the gas in the probe and to withdraw fresh gas mixture through the probe to a gas sample loop. When the desired pressure in the sample loop is reached, the gas was injected into a dual column, dual detector gas chromatograph. Hydrocarbons were analyzed using a flame ionization detector. Inorganic gases, such as O2, N2, CO, and CO2, were analyzed using a concentric column with a thermal conductivity detector. The detection limits were 0.5 ppm and 0.05% for hydrocarbons and inorganic gases, respectively.
The substrate is positioned within the reaction chamber so that it is within a distance of 2-20 mm of the gas heating filament, preferably 4-10 mm. The substrate can be any material that will withstand processing temperatures up to 1000° C. and may include silicon, quartz, molybdenum, copper, inert ceramics, and other high temperature metals. The size of the substrate for purposes of the first mode herein was 0.5 cm square, with the external diameter of the reaction chamber being 1.5 inches. The size of the substrate cannot be greater than the gas flow throat area; the greater gas flow permits greater substrate. Preferably, the substrate 22 is positioned on the heater pedestal 14 which may be comprised of molybdenum and a graphite foil heating element. The pedestal operates as a heating device for raising the temperature of the substrate by radiation and conduction. Other equivalent heating means may be substituted for heating the substrate, particularly its bottom side.
Gas components, comprised of a non-methyl hydrocarbon gas (acetylene or ethylene) diluted in hydrogen, were introduced into the reaction chamber as a flow, typically at an ambient supply temperature and at a flow rate of about 100 sccm. The gas makeup of the flowing gas is preferably comprised of 0.5-2% by volume acetylene or ethylene and the remainder hydrogen. The rate of flow of the gas must be controlled to save feed gases and provide sufficient time of reaction.
The temperature of at least the major constituent of the introduced gases is raised by use of a hot filament grid 11 which has a temperature in the range of 1900°-2600° C. The filament is preferably formed as a grid of criss-crossing wires through which the gases flow to increase gas contact. The time of exposure of the substrate to the elevated gases for purposes of diamond film growth is in the range of about 0.1-4 hours. The substrate heater is raised to a temperature within the range of 800°-1000° C. and is maintained energized for the same period of time the filament is employed.
The heating of the gases and substrate is carried out for a period of time sufficient to promote a diamond film thickness in the range of 0.1-10 microns. The growth rate of such diamond film will be in the range of 0.1-1.0 microns per hour when using an average filament temperature of about 2000° C. and will be in the range of 4-10 microns per hour when using an average filament temperature of 2500° C. The resulting quality of such deposited diamond film is greater than 99.99% pure and will have an average crystal size of less than 1000 angstroms. The density of such diamond film will be about 3.1.
To promote greater purity of the deposited diamond using the premixed gas mode, CO may be introduced with the gas mixture in an amount of 15-20% by volume. The CO operates to stimulate dissociation of oxygen which removes graphite as an impurity.
FIGS. 3-6 depict concentration profiles of the major hydrocarbon species in the gas mixture, at a position of about 5 mm below the filament as a function of filament temperature in FIGS. 3-4, and at a position of of about 100 mm from the filament for FIGS. 5-6.
The conditions for FIG. 3 included an initial hydrocarbon feed gas of C2 H2 /H2 mixture with C2 H2 being 0.6%. The gases were premixed prior to entering filament. C2 H2 is converted back to CH4 between a filament temperature of greater than 1800° C. The concentration of methane increases initially and reaches a maximum at about 1900° C. and then decreases thereafter. The concentration of acetylene decreases to a minimum at 1900° and then surpasses that of methane at filament temperatures above 2150° C. Note that the concentration of methane is higher than that of acetylene for the range of filament temperatures of 1850°-2150° C. in FIG. 3. The gas mixture undergoes a series of chemical reactions to reform methane involving the formation of ethylene and ethane intermediates.
The gas flow of FIG. 4 comprises CH4 /H2, with methane being 1.1% by volume; the total flow rate was 100 sccm and the total pressure was 50 Torr. The main chemical transformation system in this figure is the conversion of methane to acetylene with increasing filament temperature. The conversion is low at filament temperatures less than 1800° C., but increases rapidly at filament temperatures greater than 1900° C. The concentration of acetylene surpasses that of methane at filament temperatures greater than 2150° C. The conversion of CH4 to C2 /H2 involves C2 H6 and C2 H4 as primary intermediates. C2 H6 is formed by the recombination of CH3 radicals which are expected to be the dominant carbon-containing radicals in the mixture at low filament temperatures when the concentration of CH4 is high.
The carbon balance (100 times [total measured carbon content in reaction gas]/[total carbon content in feed gas]) is about 60-65% between filament temperatures of 1500° and 2000° C. and decreases to 50°at 2300° C. (see FIG. 4).
Low hydrocarbon concentration and carbon balances measured near the filament are transient. Thermal diffusion (soret effect) occurs adjacent the filament and substrate zone 27; gas species with high mass diffuse to the cool region preferentially because of the high temperature gradient near the filament. This effect is particularly important in a light diluent gas such as hydrogen.
Carbon loss is an important indicator of gas dynamics. A substantial amount of carbon is not detected throughout the full temperature region in FIGS. 3 and 4. About 30-40% of the carbon is not accounted for at 1600° C. However, starting at about 1900° C. and continuing to about 2000° C., in FIG. 3, the carbon loss increases significantly with increasing temperatures; as much as 50% of the carbon is undetected as hydrocarbon in the gas phase. The nature of this additional carbon loss is believed to be due to conversion to elementary carbons or carbon clusters (Cn, where n is greater or equal to 2). Diamond growth is not observable until such additional carbon loss begins to take place. This additional carbon loss is in the range of 6-20% of regular carbon loss that is observed throughout most of the filament temperature range.
This carbon loss for acetylene should be compared to the carbon balance for a methane feed gas as superimposed in FIG. 3. You will note the carbon loss for a methane feed gas will start to take place at about 2050° C. and continue until about 2200° C. This additional carbon loss takes place at a much higher temperature (about 150° C. higher) than that for an acetylene feed gas. Not only is the carbon balance loss much more pronounced with acetylene, but it occurs at about 150°-200° C. lower than that in a methane system. Deposition at lower filament temperatures is desirable because it may contribute to equivalent quality and growth rates at lower costs. This will also result in longer filament life and less power consumption.
Turning now to FIGS. 5 and 6, gas compositions remote from the filament were examined. Hydrocarbon concentration/filament temperature profiles were sampled at the exhaust port of the system, about 100 mm from the filament. The gas composition is well mixed because the gas temperature gradient has disappeared. The concentrations of chemical species are no longer affected by thermal diffusion. While moving downstream of the filament, the gas mixture appears to undergo a series of chemical reactions to reform methane. The presence of continued chemical activity is further evident from the observation of new products such as propane (C3 H8) in FIGS. 5 and 6.
In the distance zone of 2-20 mm, the gas composition appears to be partially frozen to form a nonequilibrium or "supersaturated" state. This phenomenon is caused by thermal diffusion since it distributes species independent of their chemical reactivities. This supersaturated state is a cause for deposition of diamond instead of graphite.
Measurable diamond growth rates are obtained only at filament temperatures that exceed 1800° C. corresponding to the onset of significant conversion between methane and acetylene and the additional carbon loss. The measured diamond growth rates 0.05-0.7 microns per hour increase with increasing filament temperature over the range studied. When the filament temperature is raised to an average of about 2500°-2600° C., diamond growth rates of 4-10 microns per hour were experienced. This rate profile seems to correlate well with the concentration profiles of acetylene.
The diamond films produced have uniform crystalline structures. The presence of diamond is confirmed by Raman spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). As shown in FIG. 7, a typical Raman spectrum (20 cm ) shows a diamond peak at about 1332 cm1 with an amorphous carbon peak occurring at about 1535. Since graphite signals appear 50 times larger in comparison to that for diamond, the relative proportion of such peaks indicates that there is only a very small amount of graphite and that the purity of the diamond film is greater than 99.99% pure. As shown in FIG. 8, the spectrum for diamond deposition using nonmixed feed gases (to be mixed only at the substrate surface) shows an even greater enhancement in purity with substantially no graphite peaks.
As shown in FIG. 9 (for a deposition using premixed gases), the diamond particles are of generally uniform size within the range of 4-6 microns and create a dense coating.
While particular embodiments of the invention have been illustrated and described, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the invention, and it is intended to cover in the appended claims all such modifications and equivalents as fall within the true spirit and scope of this invention.
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Professor Franklin was a librarian in the Laredo, Mercedes, and Seymour, Texas public schools. She joined the staff of the University in 1947. She became a member of the faculty in 1956 and taught until 1978, when she retired.
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Really good, the slightest hint of coconut.
This was so delicious, even though I didn't boil down the coconut milk for the cupcakes. Didn't try the frosting, but seems like buttercream with a coconut variation. Loved the cakes though, I don't even like coconut!
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I'be looking for a good cupcake receipe and this is it!!! Have made many for my kids class and birthday parties and everyone has liked them but me, I would not eat one of the cupcakes I made, just too ordinary, with this receipe, I had at least three. I followed the receipe, reducing the coconut milk and it is yummy. The coconut flavor is not overpowering, very mild, so the flavor is perfect for me. I was hesitant at first since I don't care too much for coconut pastries bit decided to make it after reading the reviews. I think that if you want a stronger coconut flavor then don't reduce the coconut milk, me? I turned them into Christmas cupcakes by sprinkling some red and green crystallized sugar. My four kids, ages range from 9 to 17 years old, loved them, even my 9 year old who doesn't like buttercream icing thought this icing was the best!!! Strongly suggest this receipe!!!!
They're nice and light, but this is the second time I've tried this recipe. I tweaked it a bit to get SOME flavor by adding coconut extract and not reducing the coconut milk. I also added a little extra vanilla, but am not getting the full flavor. Is anyone else having this problem?
How you feel about these cupcakes will depend on your expectations. If you want something light, airy, and delicate, these aren't a good choice. If instead you want something that's very flavorful and moist, freezes beautifully (literally no loss in quality), travels well, and works with a number of different kinds of frosting, these are great. I agree with other reviewers that reducing the coconut milk by half isn't necessary or desirable, and suggest reducing by just a bit or choosing a high-fat coconut milk and not reducing at all. I find the frosting tasty but a bit heavy and sweet, so often opt for something lighter (whipped ganache, coconut-flavored whipped cream, etc.).
Made these for my daughter's 1 year birthday and these are really great cupcakes! Not too sweet and a lovely coconut flavor. Per other reviews I made sure that my ingredients were room temp. I also substituted 1/4 cup of butter for coconut oil. I only added 1 cup of sugar to the cupcakes. I simmered the coconut milk for about 45 minutes, but it didn't reduce to the exact amount - I think I ended up with closer to 2 cups. Icing turned out wonderfully - I added more sugar and strawberries, not runny or oily - I think other cooks must have added the butter to the coconut milk when the milk was still warm. I didn't toast the coconut out of laziness and used unsweetened.
Excellent! I found this recipe t be rich and delicious without being 'too moist' as described in other reviews. The coconut flavor is present but subtle. It's worth noting that the recipe calls for canned coconut milk, not to be mistaken for coconut drink (i.e. SO Delicious) or coconut water.
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