The Properties and Applications of Nanodiamonds
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 May 2016) | Viewed by 13703
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Interests: CVD growth semiconductor; surface chemical and electronic properties; theoretical simulations; photocatalysts
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Dear Colleagues,
Diamond has attracted a great deal of research interest since the first artificial synthesis of diamond using chemical vapor deposition, or high-pressure high-temperature methods. Its unique chemical and mechanical properties, and tunable surface structures, have been observed to improve the possibility for applications within, e.g., renewable energy, biotechnology, and electronics. As the nanotechnology synthesis methodology has developed quite fast during the past few years, nano-diamonds have been successfully synthesized. Today, nanodiamond can display an even greater interest within material science and has therefore caused extensive research interest (e.g., in the field of fluorescent nanodiamond powders for biomedical imaging). Therefore, novel developments of nanodiamonds, for various applications, will be addressed in this Special Issue. With immense pleasure, we invite you to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue. Full papers, communications, and reviews are welcome.
Prof. Dr. Karin Larsson
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nanodiamond
- renewable energy
- biotechnology
- biomaterials
- sensors
- electronics
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