New model helps define optimal temperature and pressure to forge nanoscale diamonds
Date | 15th, Oct 2018 |
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Source | EurekAlert - Scientific News Websites |
DESCRIPTION
To forge nanodiamonds, which have potential applications in medicine, optoelectronics and quantum computing, researchers expose organic explosive molecules to powerful detonations in a controlled environment. These explosive forces, however, make it difficult to study the nanodiamond formation process. To overcome this hurdle, researchers recently developed a procedure and a computer model that can simulate the highly variable conditions of explosions on phenomenally short time scales. They report their work in The Journal of Chemical Physics.