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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Nanocrystalline diamond"”.
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Electrochemical Behavior of Carbon Nanostructured Electrodes: Graphene, Carbon Nanotubes, and Nanocrystalline Diamond
… and engineer and characterize a boron-doped diamond (BDD) electrode based electrochemical system for disinfection of human liquid waste. </p><p>Carbon nanostructures; ranging from vertically aligned multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), graphenated carbon nanotubes (g-CNTs) to carbon …
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Optical and spin properties of nitrogen vacancy centers in bulk and nanocrystalline diamond
… a microscope and studying NV centers in bulk and nanocrystalline diamond. I began by building a confocal microscope which was capable of observing and determine single NV centers. I made measurements on the photon statistics of different defects to determine if they were single emitters or …
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Performance optimization of lateral-mode thin-film piezoelectric-on-substrate resonant systems
… the TPoS devices is discussed. Both silicon and diamond substrates are utilized for fabrication of TPoS devices and results are compared. Specifically, the superior acoustic properties of nanocrystalline diamond in scaling the frequency and energy density of the resonators is highlighted in …
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Luminescent nanofluids based on perovskite materials and nanodiamonds
… perovskite (ABX3) quantum dots (QDs) and nanodiamonds stand out. However, the emission wavelength of perovskite QDs typically lies within the visible range, and the potential for using nitrogen-vacancy (NV-) and silicon-vacancy (SiV-) centres in nanodiamonds for temperature sensing remains …
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High Speed Atomic Force Microscopy Techniques for the Efficient Study of Nanotribology
… This work includes measurements on mica, nanocrystalline diamond, and Au/SiO2 micro-fabricated structures, and is applicable for wear of sliding or rolling components in MEMS, biological implants, contact lenses, data storage devices, etc. The sinusoidal scanning technique allows friction …
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Microcantilever sensors for biochemical detection and analysis
… thermal functionality and by introducing nanocrystalline diamond as new material for microcantilevers. Microcantilevers are designed, fabricated, characterized, and used for capture and detection of cells and bacteria. The first microcantilever type described in this work is a silicon …
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Atmospheric-pressure flame vapor deposition of nanocrystalline diamonds in methane/hydrogen/air flat flames
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2024-08-01