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Tang T, Park S, Devereaux TP, Lin Y, Jia C. Molecular geometry specific Monte Carlo simulation of the efficacy of diamond crystal formation from diamondoids. Commun Chem 2024; 7:194. [PMID: 39218958 PMCID: PMC11366742 DOI: 10.1038/s42004-024-01261-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2023] [Accepted: 07/29/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024] Open
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Diamondoids are a class of organic molecules with the carbon skeletons isostructural to nano-diamond, and have been shown to be promising precursors for diamond formation. In this work, the formation of diamond crystals from various diamondoid molecule building blocks was studied using our developed molecular geometry specific Monte Carlo method. We maintained the internal carbon skeletons of the diamondoid molecules, and investigated how the carbon-carbon bonds form between diamondoid molecules and how efficient the process is to form diamond crystals. The simulations show that higher diamondoid molecules can produce structures closer to a diamond crystal compared with lower diamondoid molecules. Specifically, using higher diamondoid molecules, larger bulk diamond crystals are formed with fewer vacancies. The higher propensity of certain diamondoids to form diamond crystals reveals insights into the microscopic processes of diamond formation under high-pressure high-temperature conditions.
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- Ta Tang
- Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, 348 Via Pueblo, Stanford, 94305, CA, USA
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Stanford University, 367 Panama Mall, Stanford, 94305, CA, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, 496 Lomita Mall, Stanford, 94305, CA, USA
- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences (SIMES), SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, 94025, CA, USA
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- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences (SIMES), SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, 94025, CA, USA.
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- Department of Physics and Quantum Theory Project, University of Florida, 2001 Museum Road, Gainesville, 32611, FL, USA.
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Tzeng YK, Ke F, Jia C, Liu Y, Park S, Han M, Frost M, Cai X, Mao WL, Ewing RC, Cui Y, Devereaux TP, Lin Y, Chu S. Improving the creation of SiV centers in diamond via sub-μs pulsed annealing treatment. Nat Commun 2024; 15:7251. [PMID: 39179592 PMCID: PMC11343833 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51523-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2023] [Accepted: 08/09/2024] [Indexed: 08/26/2024] Open
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Silicon-vacancy (SiV) centers in diamond are emerging as promising quantum emitters in applications such as quantum communication and quantum information processing. Here, we demonstrate a sub-μs pulsed annealing treatment that dramatically increases the photoluminescence of SiV centers in diamond. Using a silane-functionalized adamantane precursor and a laser-heated diamond anvil cell, the temperature and energy conditions required to form SiV centers in diamond were mapped out via an optical thermometry system with an accuracy of ±50 K and a 1 μs temporal resolution. Annealing scheme studies reveal that pulsed annealing can obviously minimize the migration of SiV centers out of the diamond lattice, and a 2.5-fold increase in the number of emitting centers was achieved using a series of 200-ns pulses at a 50 kHz repetition rate via acousto-optic modulation. Our study provides a novel pulsed annealing treatment approach to improve the efficiency of the creation of SiV centers in diamond.
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- Yan-Kai Tzeng
- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305, USA
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- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California, 94025, USA
- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305, USA
- State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University, 066004, Qinhuangdao, Hebei, China
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- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California, 94025, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32608, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305, USA
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305, USA
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305, USA
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California, 94025, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, 14627, USA
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- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California, 94025, USA
- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305, USA
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305, USA
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- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California, 94025, USA
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305, USA
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- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California, 94025, USA.
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- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305, USA.
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305, USA.
- Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305, USA.
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Ma S, Zhao Y, Li H, Farla R, Zhang Z, Zhou C, Zhao X, Huang Y, Liu Y, Bao K, Yang B, Yang X, Zhu P, Tao Q, Cui T. Self-Catalyzed Hydrogenated Carbon Nano-Onions Facilitates Mild Synthesis of Transparent Nano-Polycrystalline Diamond. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2305512. [PMID: 37759410 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202305512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2023] [Revised: 09/04/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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Transparent nano-polycrystalline diamond (t-NPD) possesses superior mechanical properties compared to single and traditional polycrystalline diamonds. However, the harsh synthetic conditions significantly limit its synthesis and applications. In this study, a synthesis routine is presented for t-NPD under low pressure and low temperature conditions, 10 GPa, 1600 °C and 15 GPa, 1350 °C similar with the synthesis condition of organic precursor. Self-catalyzed hydrogenated carbon nano-onions (HCNOs) from the combustion of naphthalene enable synthesis under nearly industrial conditions, which are like organic precursor and much lower than that of graphite and other carbon allotropes. This is made possible thanks to the significant impact of hydrogen on the thermodynamics, as it chemically facilitates phase transition. Ubiquitous nanotwinned structures are observed throughout t-NPD due to the high concentration of puckered layers and stacking faults of HCNOs, which impart a Vickers hardness about 140 GPa. This high hardness and optical transparency can be attributed to the nanocrystalline grain size, thin intergranular films, absence of secondary phase and pore-free features. The facile and industrial-scale synthesis of the HCNOs precursor, and mild synthesis conditions make t-NPD suitable for a wide range of potential applications.
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- Shuailing Ma
- Institute of High Pressure Physics, School of Physical Scientific and Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China
- Center for High Pressure Science & Technology Advanced Research, Beijing, 100094, China
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse, 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for High Pressure Science & Technology Advanced Research, Beijing, 100094, China
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse, 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China
- Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Research, Department of Physics at Interfaces, Ackermannweg 10, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse, 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Synergetic Extreme Condition High-Pressure Science Center, State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
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- Synergetic Extreme Condition High-Pressure Science Center, State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
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- Institute of High Pressure Physics, School of Physical Scientific and Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China
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- Institute of High Pressure Physics, School of Physical Scientific and Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China
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- Institute of High Pressure Physics, School of Physical Scientific and Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China
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- Synergetic Extreme Condition High-Pressure Science Center, State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
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- Center for High Pressure Science & Technology Advanced Research, Beijing, 100094, China
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- Henan Key laboratory of Diamond Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Key Laboratory of Material Physics, Mistry of Education, School of Physics, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, China
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- Synergetic Extreme Condition High-Pressure Science Center, State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
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- Synergetic Extreme Condition High-Pressure Science Center, State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
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- Institute of High Pressure Physics, School of Physical Scientific and Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China
- Synergetic Extreme Condition High-Pressure Science Center, State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
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Fokin AA, Bakhonsky VV, Pashenko AE, Bakhiiev E, Becker J, Kunz S, Schreiner PR. Synthesis and Functionalization of Isomeric Sesquihomodiamantenes. J Org Chem 2023; 88:14172-14177. [PMID: 37728993 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c01043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/22/2023]
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anti- and syn-sesquihomodiamantenes (SDs) were prepared and structurally characterized. anti-SD and parent sesquihomoadamantene were CH-bond functionalized by utilizing a phase-transfer protocol. The density functional theory-computed ionization potentials of unsaturated diamondoid dimers correlate well with the experimental oxidation potentials obtained from cyclic voltammetry. Similar geometries ensue for both the reduced and ionized SD states, whose persistence is supported by the β-hydrogen's spatial sheltering. This makes SDs promising building blocks for the construction of diamond materials with high stability and carrier mobility.
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- Andrey A Fokin
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Igor Sikorsky Kiev Polytechnic Institute, Beresteiskyi Ave. 37, 03056 Kiev, Ukraine
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Igor Sikorsky Kiev Polytechnic Institute, Beresteiskyi Ave. 37, 03056 Kiev, Ukraine
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Igor Sikorsky Kiev Polytechnic Institute, Beresteiskyi Ave. 37, 03056 Kiev, Ukraine
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Igor Sikorsky Kiev Polytechnic Institute, Beresteiskyi Ave. 37, 03056 Kiev, Ukraine
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17, 35392 Giessen, Germany
- Center for Materials Research, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 16, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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Lyu T, Archambault CM, Hathaway E, Zhu X, King C, Abu-Amara L, Wang S, Kunz M, Kim MJ, Cui J, Yao Y, Yu T, Officer T, Xu M, Wang Y, Yan H. Self-Limiting Sub-5 nm Nanodiamonds by Geochemistry-Inspired Synthesis. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2300659. [PMID: 37072896 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202300659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2023] [Revised: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Controlling diamond structures with nanometer precision is fundamentally challenging owing to their extreme and far-from-equilibrium synthetic conditions. State-of-the-art techniques, including detonation, chemical vapor deposition, mechanical grinding, and high-pressure-high-temperature synthesis, yield nanodiamond particles with a broad distribution of sizes. Despite many efforts, the direct synthesis of nanodiamonds with precisely controlled diameters remains elusive. Here the geochemistry-inspired synthesis of sub-5 nm nanodiamonds with sub-nanometer size deviation is described. High-pressure-high-temperature treatment of uniform iron carbide nanoparticles embedded in iron oxide matrices yields nanodiamonds with tunable diameters down to 2.13 and 0.22 nm standard deviation. A self-limiting, redox-driven, and diffusion-controlled solid-state reaction mechanism is proposed and supported by in situ X-ray diffraction, ex situ characterizations, and computational modeling. This work provides a unique mechanism for the precise control of nanostructured diamonds under extreme conditions and paves the road for the full realization of their potential in emerging technologies.
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- Tengteng Lyu
- Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, 76205, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, 76205, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Texas Dallas, Richardson, TX, 75080, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, 76205, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, 76205, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, 76205, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkely, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Texas Dallas, Richardson, TX, 75080, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, 76205, USA
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- Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5E2, Canada
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- Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, 76205, USA
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Zhang T, Wang L, Wang J, Wang Z, Gupta M, Guo X, Zhu Y, Yiu YC, Hui TKC, Zhou Y, Li C, Lei D, Li KH, Wang X, Wang Q, Shao L, Chu Z. Multimodal dynamic and unclonable anti-counterfeiting using robust diamond microparticles on heterogeneous substrate. Nat Commun 2023; 14:2507. [PMID: 37130871 PMCID: PMC10154296 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38178-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2022] [Accepted: 04/14/2023] [Indexed: 05/04/2023] Open
Abstract
The growing prevalence of counterfeit products worldwide poses serious threats to economic security and human health. Developing advanced anti-counterfeiting materials with physical unclonable functions offers an attractive defense strategy. Here, we report multimodal, dynamic and unclonable anti-counterfeiting labels based on diamond microparticles containing silicon-vacancy centers. These chaotic microparticles are heterogeneously grown on silicon substrate by chemical vapor deposition, facilitating low-cost scalable fabrication. The intrinsically unclonable functions are introduced by the randomized features of each particle. The highly stable signals of photoluminescence from silicon-vacancy centers and light scattering from diamond microparticles can enable high-capacity optical encoding. Moreover, time-dependent encoding is achieved by modulating photoluminescence signals of silicon-vacancy centers via air oxidation. Exploiting the robustness of diamond, the developed labels exhibit ultrahigh stability in extreme application scenarios, including harsh chemical environments, high temperature, mechanical abrasion, and ultraviolet irradiation. Hence, our proposed system can be practically applied immediately as anti-counterfeiting labels in diverse fields.
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- Tongtong Zhang
- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Display Material and Technology, School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Dongguan Institute of Opto-Electronics, Peking University, Dongguan, China
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Applied Physics, Research Institute for Smart Energy, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Applied Physics, Research Institute for Smart Energy, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
- Primemax Biotech Limited, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Material Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Microelectronics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
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- Dongguan Institute of Opto-Electronics, Peking University, Dongguan, China
- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Dongguan Institute of Opto-Electronics, Peking University, Dongguan, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Display Material and Technology, School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China.
- School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
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Zheng L, Wang J, Li Q, Zhang J, Zhou L, He D, Zhan G(D, Li B, Aljohar A. High pressure and high temperature treatment of chemical vapor deposited polycrystalline diamond: from opaque to transparent. Ann Ital Chir 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2023.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Guignard J, Prakasam M, Largeteau A. A Review of Binderless Polycrystalline Diamonds: Focus on the High-Pressure-High-Temperature Sintering Process. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 15:2198. [PMID: 35329649 PMCID: PMC8951216 DOI: 10.3390/ma15062198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2021] [Revised: 02/11/2022] [Accepted: 02/16/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Nowadays, synthetic diamonds are easy to fabricate industrially, and a wide range of methods were developed during the last century. Among them, the high-pressure-high-temperature (HP-HT) process is the most used to prepare diamond compacts for cutting or drilling applications. However, these diamond compacts contain binder, limiting their mechanical and optical properties and their substantial uses. Binderless diamond compacts were synthesized more recently, and important developments were made to optimize the P-T conditions of sintering. Resulting sintered compacts had mechanical and optical properties at least equivalent to that of natural single crystal and higher than that of binder-containing sintered compacts, offering a huge potential market. However, pressure-temperature (P-T) conditions to sinter such bodies remain too high for an industrial transfer, making this the next challenge to be accomplished. This review gives an overview of natural diamond formation and the main experimental techniques that are used to synthesize and/or sinter diamond powders and compact objects. The focus of this review is the HP-HT process, especially for the synthesis and sintering of binderless diamonds. P-T conditions of the formation and exceptional properties of such objects are discussed and compared with classic binder-diamonds objects and with natural single-crystal diamonds. Finally, the question of an industrial transfer is asked and outlooks related to this are proposed.
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- Jérémy Guignard
- UMR 5026, ICMCB, CNRS, Universite Bordeaux, F-33600 Pessac, France
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- UMR 5026, ICMCB, CNRS, Universite Bordeaux, F-33600 Pessac, France
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- UMR 5026, ICMCB, CNRS, Universite Bordeaux, F-33600 Pessac, France
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Li R, Vedelaar T, Mzyk A, Morita A, Padamati SK, Schirhagl R. Following Polymer Degradation with Nanodiamond Magnetometry. ACS Sens 2022; 7:123-130. [PMID: 34982542 PMCID: PMC8809337 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.1c01782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Degradable polymers are widely used in the biomedical fields due to non-toxicity and great biocompatibility and biodegradability, and it is crucial to understand how they degrade. These polymers are exposed to various biochemical media in medical practice. Hence, it is important to precisely follow the degradation of the polymer in real time. In this study, we made use of diamond magnetometry for the first time to track polymer degradation with nanoscale precision. The method is based on a fluorescent defect in nanodiamonds, which changes its optical properties based on its magnetic surrounding. Since optical signals can be read out more sensitively than magnetic signals, this method allows unprecedented sensitivity. We used a specific mode of diamond magnetometry called relaxometry or T1 measurements. These are sensitive to magnetic noise and thus can detect paramagnetic species (gadolinium in this case). Nanodiamonds were incorporated into polylactic acid (PLA) films and PLA nanoparticles in order to follow polymer degradation. However, in principle, they can be incorporated into other polymers too. We found that T1 constants decreased gradually with the erosion of the film exposed to an alkaline condition. In addition, the mobility of nanodiamonds increased, which allows us to estimate polymer viscosity. The degradation rates obtained using this approach were in good agreement with data obtained by quartz crystal microbalance, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, and atomic force microscopy.
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- Runrun Li
- Groningen
University, University Medical Center Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, Groningen 9713 AW, The Netherlands
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- Groningen
University, University Medical Center Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, Groningen 9713 AW, The Netherlands
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- Groningen
University, University Medical Center Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, Groningen 9713 AW, The Netherlands
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of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Polish Academy of Sciences, Reymonta 25, Krakow 30-059, Poland
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- Groningen
University, University Medical Center Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, Groningen 9713 AW, The Netherlands
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Dental Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Jalan Denta 1, Sekip Utara, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia
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- Groningen
University, University Medical Center Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, Groningen 9713 AW, The Netherlands
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- Groningen
University, University Medical Center Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, Groningen 9713 AW, The Netherlands
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Ekimov E, Shiryaev AA, Grigoriev Y, Averin A, Shagieva E, Stehlik S, Kondrin M. Size-Dependent Thermal Stability and Optical Properties of Ultra-Small Nanodiamonds Synthesized under High Pressure. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 12:351. [PMID: 35159694 PMCID: PMC8838209 DOI: 10.3390/nano12030351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2021] [Revised: 01/15/2022] [Accepted: 01/17/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Diamond properties down to the quantum-size region are still poorly understood. High-pressure high-temperature (HPHT) synthesis from chloroadamantane molecules allows precise control of nanodiamond size. Thermal stability and optical properties of nanodiamonds with sizes spanning range from <1 to 8 nm are investigated. It is shown that the existing hypothesis about enhanced thermal stability of nanodiamonds smaller than 2 nm is incorrect. The most striking feature in IR absorption of these samples is the appearance of an enhanced transmission band near the diamond Raman mode (1332 cm-1). Following the previously proposed explanation, we attribute this phenomenon to the Fano effect caused by resonance of the diamond Raman mode with continuum of conductive surface states. We assume that these surface states may be formed by reconstruction of broken bonds on the nanodiamond surfaces. This effect is also responsible for the observed asymmetry of Raman scattering peak. The mechanism of nanodiamond formation in HPHT synthesis is proposed, explaining peculiarities of their structure and properties.
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- Evgeny Ekimov
- Vereshchagin Institute for High Pressure Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Troitsk, 108840 Moscow, Russia
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- Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119071 Moscow, Russia; (A.A.S.); (A.A.)
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- Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography of Federal Scientific Research Centre, Crystallography and Photonics’, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119333 Moscow, Russia;
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- Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119071 Moscow, Russia; (A.A.S.); (A.A.)
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- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Cukrovarnická 10, 16200 Prague, Czech Republic; (E.S.); (S.S.)
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- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Cukrovarnická 10, 16200 Prague, Czech Republic; (E.S.); (S.S.)
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- Vereshchagin Institute for High Pressure Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Troitsk, 108840 Moscow, Russia
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Mzyk A, Ong Y, Ortiz Moreno AR, Padamati SK, Zhang Y, Reyes-San-Martin CA, Schirhagl R. Diamond Color Centers in Diamonds for Chemical and Biochemical Analysis and Visualization. Anal Chem 2022; 94:225-249. [PMID: 34841868 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c04536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Aldona Mzyk
- University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen University, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AW Groningen, The Netherlands
- Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Polish Academy of Sciences, Reymonta 25, 30-059 Krakow, Poland
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- University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen University, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AW Groningen, The Netherlands
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- University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen University, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AW Groningen, The Netherlands
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- University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen University, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AW Groningen, The Netherlands
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- University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen University, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AW Groningen, The Netherlands
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- University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen University, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AW Groningen, The Netherlands
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- University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen University, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AW Groningen, The Netherlands
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Pereira Júnior ML, Oliveira TDS, Monteiro FF, da Cunha WF, Neto PH, Ribeiro Junior LA. Torsional Fracture of Carbon Nanotube Bundles: A Reactive Molecular Dynamics Study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:15068-15074. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cp01589g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Carbon nanotubes individually show excellent mechanical properties, being one of the strongest known materials. However, when assembled into bundles, their strength drops dramatically. It still limit the understanding of their...
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Nizovtsev AP, Pushkarchuk AL, Kilin SY, Kargin NI, Gusev AS, Smirnova MO, Jelezko F. Hyperfine Interactions in the NV- 13C Quantum Registers in Diamond Grown from the Azaadamantane Seed. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 11:1303. [PMID: 34069205 PMCID: PMC8156205 DOI: 10.3390/nano11051303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2021] [Revised: 05/06/2021] [Accepted: 05/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Nanostructured diamonds hosting optically active paramagnetic color centers (NV, SiV, GeV, etc.) and hyperfine-coupled with them quantum memory 13C nuclear spins situated in diamond lattice are currently of great interest to implement emerging quantum technologies (quantum information processing, quantum sensing and metrology). Current methods of creation such as electronic-nuclear spin systems are inherently probabilistic with respect to mutual location of color center electronic spin and 13C nuclear spins. A new bottom-up approach to fabricate such systems is to synthesize first chemically appropriate diamond-like organic molecules containing desired isotopic constituents in definite positions and then use them as a seed for diamond growth to produce macroscopic diamonds, subsequently creating vacancy-related color centers in them. In particular, diamonds incorporating coupled NV-13C spin systems (quantum registers) with specific mutual arrangements of NV and 13C can be obtained from anisotopic azaadamantane molecule. Here we predict the characteristics of hyperfine interactions (hfi) for the NV-13C systems in diamonds grown from various isotopically substituted azaadamantane molecules differing in 13C position in the seed, as well as the orientation of the NV center in the post-obtained diamond. We used the spatial and hfi data simulated earlier for the H-terminated cluster C510[NV]-H252. The data obtained can be used to identify (and correlate with the seed used) the specific NV-13C spin system by measuring, e.g., the hfi-induced splitting of the mS = ±1 sublevels of the NV center in optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) spectra being characteristic for various NV-13C systems.
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- Alexander P. Nizovtsev
- National Research Nuclear University “MEPhI”, 115409 Moscow, Russia; (A.L.P.); (N.I.K.); (A.S.G.); (M.O.S.)
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- National Research Nuclear University “MEPhI”, 115409 Moscow, Russia; (A.L.P.); (N.I.K.); (A.S.G.); (M.O.S.)
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- Institute of Physics, Nat. Acad. Sci. of Belarus, 220072 Minsk, Belarus;
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- National Research Nuclear University “MEPhI”, 115409 Moscow, Russia; (A.L.P.); (N.I.K.); (A.S.G.); (M.O.S.)
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- National Research Nuclear University “MEPhI”, 115409 Moscow, Russia; (A.L.P.); (N.I.K.); (A.S.G.); (M.O.S.)
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- National Research Nuclear University “MEPhI”, 115409 Moscow, Russia; (A.L.P.); (N.I.K.); (A.S.G.); (M.O.S.)
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- Institute for Quantum Optics, Ulm University, 89069 Ulm, Germany;
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Mandal S. Nucleation of diamond films on heterogeneous substrates: a review. RSC Adv 2021; 11:10159-10182. [PMID: 35423515 PMCID: PMC8695650 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra00397f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Diamond thin films are known to have properties similar to bulk diamond and have applications in both industry and fundamental studies in academia. The high surface energy of diamond makes it extremely difficult to grow diamond films on foreign substrates. Hence, to grow diamond films on non-diamond substrates, a nucleation step is needed. In this review various techniques used for diamond nucleation/seeding will be discussed. At present electrostatic seeding by diamond nanoparticles is the most commonly used seeding technique for nanocrystalline growth. In this technique the substrate is dipped in a nanodiamond solution to form a mono layer of diamond seeds. These seeds when exposed to appropriate conditions grow to form diamond layers. This technique is suitable for most substrates. For heteroepitaxial growth, bias enhanced nucleation is the primary technique. In this technique the substrate is biased to form diamond nuclei in the initial stages of growth. This technique can be used for any conducting flat surface. For growth on ceramics, polishing by diamond grit or electrostatic seeding can be used. Polishing the ceramics with diamond powder leaves small diamond particles embedded in the substrate. These small particles then act as seeds for subsequent diamond growth. Apart from these techniques, chemical nucleation, interlayer driven nucleation and mixed techniques have been discussed. The advantages and disadvantages of individual techniques have also been discussed. Growth of diamond film on heterogeneous substrates assisted by nucleation/seeding.![]()
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- Soumen Mandal
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University Cardiff UK
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