This paper aims to describe the background to the development of diamond‐based sensors and to illustrate recent progress in this field.
This paper first considers the properties of diamond and some early attempts to fabricate sensors for monitoring UV and radiation from this material. It subsequently discusses recent progress through reference to companies which are now commercialising the technology.
This paper illustrates that early attempts to fabricate diamond‐based sensors were largely unsuccessful but the recent development of improved fabrication processes has yielded materials which are now allowing a range of sensing applications to be realised.
The paper describes the early attempts to commercialise diamond‐based sensors and detectors and shows that improved materials are now making this possible.
