International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing, Volume. 6, Issue 1, 12004(2024)

Energy beam-based direct and assisted polishing techniques for diamond: A review

Zhuo Li1... Feng Jiang1,2,*, Zhengyi Jiang3, Zige Tian1, Tian Qiu1, Tao Zhang3,4, Qiuling Wen1, Xizhao Lu4, Jing Lu1, and Hui Huang24 |Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1Institute of Manufacturing Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, People’s Republic of China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of High Performance Tools, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, People’s Republic of China
  • 3School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronic and Biomedical Engineering, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
  • 4College of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, People’s Republic of China
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    Zhuo Li, Feng Jiang, Zhengyi Jiang, Zige Tian, Tian Qiu, Tao Zhang, Qiuling Wen, Xizhao Lu, Jing Lu, Hui Huang. Energy beam-based direct and assisted polishing techniques for diamond: A review[J]. International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing, 2024, 6(1): 12004

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    Received: May. 3, 2023

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    Published Online: Jul. 19, 2024

    The Author Email: Jiang Feng (jiangfeng@hqu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1088/2631-7990/acfd67

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