Ultradispersity of diamond at the nanoscale

Nature Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 792-795

  Raty, Jean Yves ^a,b   Galli, Giulia ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DISPERSIONS; ENTROPY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HYDROGENATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; SURFACES; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

SURFACE RECONSTRUCTIONS; ULTRACRYSTALLINITY; ULTRADISPERSITY;

DIAMOND FILMS;

EID: 0345307129     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1018     Document Type: Article

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