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 Synthesis
Carbon Family at the Nanoscale
Extraterrestrial Nanodiamonds in the Cosmos
Types of Nanocrystalline Diamond
Part 2. Stability of Nanodiamond
Stability of Nanodiamond
Part 3. Ultrananocrystalline Diamond Films and Related Materials
Electron Transport and the Potential of Ultrananocrystalline Diamond as a Thermoelectric Material
Plasma Assisted Synthesis: Plasma Experimental Diagnostics and Modeling
Nanodiamond Deposition from Energetic Species: Characterization and Formation Mechanism
Theoretical Studies of UNCD Synthesis
Mechanical and Tribological Properties and MEMS Fabrication
Part 4. UNCD Particles of Detonation Origin
History of UDD
Synthesis and Post-Synthesis Treatment of Detonation Nanodiamond
Characterization and Physical Properties of UNCD Particles
Diamond Phase Transitions at Nanoscale
Applications of Detonation Nanodiamond
Nanodiamond: Designing the Bio-Platform
History of Russian Patents on Detonation Nanodiamonds