Electrical properties of aggregated detonation nanodiamonds

Mose Bevilacqua, Sameer Patel, Aysha Chaudhary, Haitao Ye, Richard B. Jackman

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    Abstract

    Nanometer-scale diamonds formed using a detonation process are an interesting class of diamond materials. Commercially supplied material is highly aggregated with ~ 5 nm diamond crystals forming particles with micron sizes. Previous models have suggested that nondiamond carbon is incorporated between the crystals, which would reduce the electrical and chemical usefulness of this form of diamond. However, using impedance spectroscopy we have shown that at temperatures below 350?°C the form of detonation nanodiamond being studied is a near to ideal dielectric, implying a full sp3 form. At temperatures above this the surfaces of the diamond crystals may support some nondiamond carbon
    Original languageEnglish
    Article number132115
    Pages (from-to)132115
    Number of pages1
    JournalApplied Physics Letters
    Volume93
    Issue number13
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 29 Sept 2008

    Bibliographical note

    © 2008 American Institute of Physics. Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 132115 (2008); View online: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2996026

    Keywords

    • detonation
    • diamond
    • dielectric materials
    • nanostructured materials

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