Grown Diamond Use in Tech Applications Accelerates from 2020 to 2024

This heatmap, “Growth of Grown Diamond Use in Tech Applications (2020–2024)” highlights a significant trend: Lab-grown (synthetic) diamond is rapidly emerging as a critical enabling material across a wide range of advanced technologies.

During this four-year period, the most dynamic adoption occurred in electronics, semiconductors, and quantum sensors—all sectors benefiting from diamond’s superior thermal conductivity, electronic mobility, and defect-sensitive NV centers. These properties make grown diamond ideal for managing heat in high-powered electronics, improving performance in RF and photonics systems, and unlocking new capabilities in quantum computing and sensing.

Meanwhile, sectors like laser systems, optics, and photonics showed steady growth, driven by diamond’s unparalleled hardness and broad optical transparency across UV to IR spectra. Medical devices, aerospace, and defense also registered meaningful increases, particularly where material durability and high-precision optical windows are mission-critical. 

The heatmap categorizes this growth by five key material properties—thermal management, broad optical transmission, material hardness, electronic transport, and NV centers—each directly influencing performance in high-tech hardware. What becomes clear is that grown diamond is not merely an alternative material; it is a next-generation platform with cross-sectoral impact. 

As industries confront limits in silicon and other conventional materials, grown diamond is stepping in—not only as a high-performance substitute but as a technology enabler. The 2020–2024 trend line sets the stage for even faster adoption through 2030 and beyond.