Patent ID: 8350236

Claim:
A process for implanting polycyclic aromatic carbon molecules, the process comprising: vaporizing and ionizing aromatic carbon molecules in an ion source to create a plasma and produce ionized aromatic carbon molecules and ionized lower mass byproducts, wherein the aromatic carbon molecule comprises anthracene, naphthalene, phenanthrene or pyrene; extracting the ionized aromatic carbon cluster molecules and ionized lower mass byproducts within the plasma through a source aperture to form an ion beam; mass analyzing the ion beam with a mass analyzer magnet to permit the ionized aromatic carbon molecules or a selected ionized mass of the lower mass byproducts to pass therethrough; transporting drift of the ion beam and/or optionally applying additional acceleration or deceleration potentials to set the final energy; and implanting the ionized aromatic carbon molecules or the selected ionized mass of the lower mass byproducts into a workpiece.