Natural Macroscopic Diamond, photograph
Fixter, U. Nebraska)
CVD Diamond, SEM Sunkara, 1993)
Ultranano-crystalline Diamond, HRTEM (Prawer et al. 2000)
Higher Diamondoids
Unknown Properties
Lower Diamondoids
Higher
Diamondoids have “knowable” molecular structures.
Diamond Is a Continuous Molecular Series
- Property data exists for all members
of this series except the higher diamondoids, which were recently
discovered by ChevronTexaco scientists. Higher diamondoids
nanomer-size range is where interesting transitions in properties are
likely to be found.
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