The low-cost, large-scale production of nanodiamonds is leading to new applications in coatings, electronics manufacturing and biomedicine. Nanodiamonds (NDs), also called detonation diamonds (DND) or ultradispersed diamonds (UDD), are relatively easy and inexpensive to produce, and have moved towards large-scale commercialization due to their excellent mechanical, optical and thermal properties, high surface areas and tunable surface structures and chemical stability. They are also non-toxic, making them suitable for application in biomedicine.
Nanodiamond powder was first discovered in 1963 in the Soviet Union, but it is only in the last few years that large-scale production has come to the fore. Based upon their primary particle sizes, nanodiamonds have been classified into:
- nanocrystalline particles (1 to ≥150 nm)
- ultrananocrystalline particles (2 to 10 nm)
- diamondoids (1 to 2 nm).
Published March 5 2019 | 22 pages
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW……………………………………………………… 5
2 PROPERTIES………………………………………………………………………….. 8
3 SYNTHESIS OF NANODIAMONDS………………………………………….. 10
4 MARKETS AND APPLICATIONS…………………………………………….. 12
5 MARKET CHALLENGES………………………………………………………… 15
6 NANODIAMONDS PRODUCERS………………………………………………. 16
7 REFERENCES………………………………………………………………………. 21
TABLES
- Table 1. Market, properties/benefits and applications of nanodiamonds………………………………………………………… 12
FIGURES
- Figure 1. Structure of a single nanodiamond particle………………………………………………………………………………….. 7
- Figure 2. Nanodiamond powder…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 9
- Figure 3. Nanodiamond detonation chamber…………………………………………………………………………………………… 10
