Patent ID: 6156390
Filing Date: 2000-12-05
Classification: C23C

Abstract:
A process for the co-deposition of fluorinated carbon and diamond material with electroless metal comprising the steps of:(a) introducing a workpiece into a plating bath containing a metal salt serving as a source of electroless metal for plating, a fluorinated carbon, finely divided diamond material having an average particle size less than 10 nm wherein the finely divided diamond material is prepared by the detonation of a carbon-containing substance with a negative balance in a closed volume in an atmosphere inert to carbon and a surfactant combination comprising a non-ionic wetting agent and a cationic wetting agent, and(b) initiating an electroless plating process to form a plated workpiece including co-deposit of fluorinated carbon and diamond material substantially uniformly dispersed in a plated metal matrix.