Ultrananocrystalline Diamond: Syntheses, Properties, and Applications is a unique practical reference handbook that brings together the basic science of nanoscale carbon structures, particularly its diamond phase, with detailed information on nanodiamond synthesis, properties, and applications. Here you will learn about UNCD in its two forms, as a dispersed powder made by detonation techniques and as a chemical vapor deposited film. You will also learn about the superior mechanical, tribological, transport, electrochemical, and electron emission properties of UNCD for a wide range of applications including MEMS, NEMS, surface acoustic wave (SAW) devices, electrochemical sensors, coatings for field emission arrays, photonic and RF switching, biosensors, and neural prostheses, and more.
This ôEverything about Ultra-nanocrystalline Diamondö book with 16 chapters is written by leading experts worldwide. It is for everyone who researches carbon nanostructures, everyone who produces them, everyone who characterizes them, and everyone who builds devices using them.

Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, USA

Part 1. Overview: Naturally Occurring UNCD and Laboratory SynthesisCarbon Family at the NanoscaleExtraterrestrial Nanodiamonds in the CosmosTypes of Nanocrystalline DiamondPart 2. Stability of NanodiamondStability of Nanodiamond Part 3. Ultrananocrystalline Diamond Films and Related MaterialsElectron Transport and the Potential of Ultrananocrystalline Diamond as a Thermoelectric MaterialPlasma Assisted Synthesis: Plasma Experimental Diagnostics and ModelingNanodiamond Deposition from Energetic Species: Characterization and Formation MechanismTheoretical Studies of UNCD SynthesisMechanical and Tribological Properties and MEMS Fabrication Part 4. UNCD Particles of Detonation OriginHistory of UDDSynthesis and Post-Synthesis Treatment of Detonation NanodiamondCharacterization and Physical Properties of UNCD ParticlesDiamond Phase Transitions at NanoscaleApplications of Detonation NanodiamondNanodiamond: Designing the Bio-PlatformHistory of Russian Patents on Detonation Nanodiamonds