Vacancy–impurity centers in diamond: prospects for synthesis and applications

EA Ekimov, MV Kondrin - Physics-Uspekhi, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The bright luminescence of impurity–vacancy complexes, combined with high chemical and
radiation resistance, makes diamond an attractive platform for the production of single …

Nano-diamond based photocatalysis for solar hydrogen production

S Bagheri, NM Julkapli - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Sustainable hydrogen sources are one of the solutions for further energy security and
potential fuels. Although hydrogen has potential applications in heating, transportation …

High‐pressure synthesis of nanodiamonds from adamantane: myth or reality?

EA Ekimov, OS Kudryavtsev, NE Mordvinova… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The high‐pressure and high‐temperature technique is the most promising for mass
production of ultra‐small diamond nanoparticles of perfect structure. In the present work, this …

High-pressure synthesis and optical properties of nanodiamonds obtained from halogenated adamantanes

EA Ekimov, MV Kondrin, SG Lyapin… - Diamond and Related …, 2020 - Elsevier
Following our previous brief communication the carbonization of halogenated adamantanes
C 10 H 14 Br 2 and C 10 H 15 Cl under high pressure with the aim to produce …

Synthesis and properties of nanodiamonds produced by HPHT carbonization of 1-fluoroadamantane

EA Ekimov, AA Shiryaev, VA Sidorov… - Diamond and Related …, 2023 - Elsevier
Unique carbonization behavior of 1-fluoroadamantane was revealed at pressures 5.5–9
GPa and temperatures up to 1300° C. In course of the carbonization, formation of …

Boron-doped nanodiamonds as anticancer agents: En route to hyperthermia/thermoablation therapy

AM Vervald, SA Burikov, AM Scherbakov… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Local targeted “inside-out” hyperthermia of tumors via nanoparticles is able to sensitize
tumor cells to chemotherapy, radiation therapy, gene therapy, immunotherapy, or other …

Size-controllable synthesis of ultrasmall diamonds from halogenated adamantanes at high static pressure

EA Ekimov, SG Lyapin, YV Grigoriev, IP Zibrov… - Carbon, 2019 - Elsevier
We report on the use of dibromoadamantane C 10 H 14 Br 2 as a promising precursor for
the mass synthesis of ultrasmall diamonds at an industrially accessible pressure of 8 GPa …

Gd-doped diamond synthesized using Gd@ C 82 under high pressure and high temperature

S Liu, J Han, R Cui, X Yang, Y Fei, X Tang… - Inorganic Chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Diamond is an important industrial material with excellent physical properties. Transition-
metal-doped diamond materials have unexpected unique optical and magnetic properties …

High-pressure synthesis of microdiamonds from polyethylene terephthalate

KM Kondrina, OS Kudryavtsev, II Vlasov… - Diamond and Related …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) C 10 H 8 O 4, material of plastic bottles, was used
as a carbon bearing precursor for high-pressure synthesis of microcrystalline diamonds. At …

High-pressure, high-temperature synthesis and doping of nanodiamonds

EA Ekimov, MV Kondrin - Semiconductors and semimetals, 2020 - Elsevier
The synthesis of diamonds from hydrocarbons at high static pressures, first performed by
Wentorf more than half a century ago, is becoming an extremely important technology for …