While the extreme hardness, thermal conductivity, and wear resistance of CVD diamond coatings are well-known, these also exhibit highly auspicious sensing properties through doping with boron and other elements.  The present study focuses on the thermal response of boron-doped diamond (BDD) coatings.  Several approaches have been adopted for monitoring cutting temperature, including thin film thermocouples and infrared thermography.  The thermal response of the thin diamond thermistors was characterized in the temperature interval of 20-400 °C. 
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