Element Six Collaboration with the University of Warwick to Introduce an All-Diamond Packaging Solution

Element Six, the world leader in synthetic diamond supermaterials and member of the De Beers Group of Companies, today announced the development of an all-diamond packaging solution for electroanalytical sensing applications, in collaboration with the University of Warwick. The solution will transform next generation electroanalytical sensing systems to benefit the biomedical, environmental, food, industrial process monitoring, pharmaceuticals and oil and gas industries. 

The all-diamond packaging solution is comprised of Element Six's Diafilm EA grade, a free-standing,  boron doped synthetic diamond electrode (introduced to the market in 2013) and available in a variety of electrode geometries encapsulated in co-planar insulating diamond. This packaging permits easy integration of the sensor into any electrochemical system while allowing the diamond electrode to work at its full performance potential. 

"The all-diamond packaging solution enables electrochemical devices to survive and thrive in the harshest of environments," said Professor Julie Macpherson, The University of Warwick. "The combination of this ability to maximize durability along with the precise geometry of the co-planar electrode arrays allows the system to achieve very high sensitivities in a variety of different detection environments." 

Mike Riding, managing director, Process Instruments UK Ltd. (Pi) said, "Element Six and the University of Warwick did a fantastic job with the all-diamond device. The structured electrode packaging allowed us to seamlessly integrate their diamond conductivity sensor into our existing analyser technology, and we consider this an exciting development for advanced electroanalytical sensing."--iAbrasive report

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