nanocrystalline diamond – TechConnect Briefs

Correlation of Microstructure and Tribological Properties of Dry Sliding Nanocrystalline Diamond Coatings

Wiora M., Sadrifar N., Brühne K., Gluche P., Fecht H-J., Ulm University, DE

Nanocrystalline diamond (NCD) offers great potential for many micro-mechanical systems, particularly where low friction, reliability and mechanical integrity are of great importance. The reduction of grain size in NCD films to several nanometers is, however, [...]

Fabrication of Nanoporous Ultrananocrystalline Diamond Membranes

Makarova O.V., Divan R., Moldovan N., Tang C.-M., Creatv MicroTech, Inc, US

Nanoporous membranes engineered to mimic natural filtration systems can be used in smart implantable drug delivery systems, bioartificial organs, and other novel nano-enabled medical devices. The ultrananocrystalline diamond (UNCD) porous membranes will open new opportunities [...]

Growth of Nanostructured Diamond, Diamond-Like Carbon, and Carbon Nanotubes in a Low Pressure Inductively Coupled Plasma

Okada K., National Institute for Materials Science, JP

A 13.56 MHz low pressure inductively coupled CH4/CO/H2 plasma has been applied to prepare nanocrystalline diamond particles of 200-700 nm diameter. The minimum diameter of the particles was found to be 5 nm. Two-dimensional platelet-like [...]