High-Pressure Synthesis of Boron-Doped Ultrasmall Diamonds from an Organic Compound.

Ekimov, Evgeny A; Kudryavtsev, Oleg S; Khomich, Andrey A; Lebedev, Oleg I; Dolenko, Tatiana A; Vlasov, Igor I · Adv Mater · 2015

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

The first application of the high-pressure-high-temperature (HPHT) technique for direct production of doped ultrasmall diamonds starting from a one-component organic precursor is reported. Heavily boron-doped diamond nanoparticles with a size below 10 nm are produced by HPHT treatment of 9-borabicyclo [3,3,1]nonane dimer molecules.