Ultrananocrystalline Diamond: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications is a unique practical reference handbook. Written by the leading experts worldwide it introduces the science of UNCD for both the R&D community and applications developers using UNCD in a diverse range of applications from macro to nanodevices, such as energy-saving ultra-low friction and wear coatings for mechanical pump seals and tools, high-performance MEMS/NEMS-based systems (e.g. in telecommunications), the next generation of high-definition flat panel displays, in-vivo biomedical implants, and biosensors.

This work brings together the basic science of nanoscale diamond structures, with detailed information on ultra-nanodiamond synthesis, properties, and applications. The book offers discussion on UNCD in its two forms, as a powder and as a chemical vapor deposited film. Also discussed are 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, etc.

• Ultrananocrystalline Diamond summarises the most recent developments in the nanodiamond field, and presents them in a way that will be useful to the R&D community in both academic and corporate sectors.
• Coverage of both nanodiamond particles and films make this a valuable resource for both the nanotechnology community and the field of thin films / vacuum deposition.
• Written by the world's leading experts in nanodiamond, this second edition builds on its predecessor's reputation as the most up-to-date resource in the field.

Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, USA

Preface List of ContributorsPART 1: Advances in Synthesis and Processing 1. Stability of Diamond at the Nanoscale 2. Advances in Plasma Synthesis of UNCD Films3. Theoretical Studies of UNCD Properties 4. n-Type Nanocrystalline Diamond Films: Synthesis, Structure, Composition, Properties, and Applications 5. Advances in Synthesis of Nanodiamond Particles 6. Deagglomeration of Detonation Nanodiamond 7. Diamond Phase Transitions at Nanoscale PART 2: Advances in Nanodiamond Characterization and Property Measurements8. Bonding and Concentration of Hydrogen and Thermal Stability of Nanocrystalline Diamond Films9. Recent Results on Characterization of Detonation Nanodiamonds 10. Optical and Spin Properties of Nitrogen-Vacancy Color Centers in Diamond Crystals, Nanodiamonds, and Proximity to Surfaces PART 3: Emerging Applications 11. Nanocarbons in Energy Conversion12. Science and Technology of Ultrananocrystalline Diamond (UNCD(TM)) Film-Based MEMS and NEMS Devices and Systems13. Advances in Surface Chemistry of Nanodiamond and Nanodiamond-Polymer Composites 14. Nanodiamond Nanoparticles as Additives to Lubricants 15. Engineering Nanoparticulate Diamond for Applications in Nanomedicine and Biology16. Characterization of Detonation Nanodiamonds for BiocompatibilityReferences Index