Defect controllable nanodiamond application in next generation imaging technology and communication technology

Figure 1: Diamondoid placed on the bench

Stanford University and the SLAC National Accelerator Experiment have recently jointly developed the smallest diamond structure, the gold platane. These interlocking occlusal carbon cage structures present in petroleum-based fluids weigh only one-billionth of a carat; the smallest adamantane is only 10 atoms in size.
In the past decade of research, Nick Melosh and Zhi-Xun Shen of Stanford and SLAC teams have found that adamantane has important applications in improving printed circuit boards and assembly materials for electron microscope imaging and computer chips.
The development of adamantane was a breakthrough achievement for the team. The researchers initially used a can of crude oil from the Gulf of Mexico to conduct research near Chevron Oil Company in California. Jeremy Dahl, who developed the core technology for adamantane separation, said: "We have conducted extensive analysis of petroleum from all over the world to study the type of oil with the highest concentration of adamantane."

Figure 2: Adamantane solution for purity analysis in the SLAC laboratory

The adamantane separation process was initially carried out at a Chevron petroleum refinery where the crude oil was boiled and concentrated to extract adamantane; the boiled residue was sent to the SLAC laboratory for repeated boiling, evaporation and separation of specific weights. Molecule. These liquids are compressed under high pressure using a sophisticated filtration system to separate adamantane of varying size, shape and properties.
Adamantane itself is invisible to the naked eye; it is usually visible to the naked eye due to its lumpy condensed crystal morphology. Dahl poured some adamantane into his hand and introduced: If a spoonful of adamantane is distributed to 100 billion people, one unit of adamantane per person can still be left.
Recently, the research team began to use adamantane for the growth of flawless nanodiamonds. With the addition of elements such as silicon and nickel, the researchers hope to produce nanodiamonds that can be precisely and manually controlled by cesium; these quinones can produce single-photon light for next-generation optical communication and bioimaging technologies.

Figure 3: Jeremy Dahl pours adamantane crystals into his hand

Figure 4: Nanoadamantane crystals extracted from petroleum