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A research team led by Professor Zhiqin Chu, Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, and Professor Yuan Lin, Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), in collaboration with researchers from Southern University of Science and Technology and Peking University’s Dongguan Institute of Opto-Electronics, has developed a groundbreaking method for massively producing ultrathin and ultra-flexible diamond membranes in a speedy manner.

During the press conference, the researchers will conduct a live demonstration of this groundbreaking diamond exfoliation technique and discuss its possible applications.

Details of the press conference are as follows:
Date: 19 Dec 2024 (Thursday)
Time: 11am
Venue: Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing Two, G/F Run Run Shaw Building, Main Campus, HKU

Diamonds, globally renowned as valuable gemstones, possess remarkable properties that make them ideal for fabricating advanced electronic and photonic devices, amongst others. However, their inert nature and rigid crystal structure have posed significant challenges in fabrication and mass production, especially for ultrathin and freestanding diamond membranes.

The innovative edge-exposed exfoliation method proposed by the research team facilitates the rapid production of scalable, free-standing diamond membranes and are compatible with existing semiconductor manufacturing technologies, and thus can, in principle, be fabricated into a variety of electronic, photonic, mechanical, acoustic, and quantum devices.

For media enquiries, please contact:
Faculty of Engineering, HKUMs Christina Chung (Tel: 3910 3324; Email: chungmc@hku.hk)
Ms Natalie Yuen (Tel: 3917 1924; Email: natyuen@hku.hk)