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Ultrananocrystalline Diamond
Synthesis, Properties, and Applications
Edited by
Olga A. Shenderova
International Technology Center
Research Triangle Park, NC, .
Dieter M. Gruen
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne, IL, .
William Andrew Publishing
Norwich, New York, .
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Copyright © 2006 by William Andrew, Inc.
No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or
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system, without permission in writing from the Publisher, with the exception of the following:
Chapter 5 of this book, “Electron Transport and the Potential of Ultrananocrystalline Diamond as a
Thermoelectric Material,” and Chapter 8 of this book, “Theoretical Studies of UNCD Synthesis
and Properties,” were created by the University of Chicago as Operator of Argonne National
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Cover art © 2006 by Brent Beckley / William Andrew, Inc.
Cover photo taken by the Hubble Telescope: “Filaments stream from nebula N44C”
Image Credit: NASA and the Hubble Heritage Team
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Ultrananocrystalline diamond : synthesis, properties, and applications /
edited by Olga A. Shenderova, Dieter M. Gruen.
p. cm. –(Materials science and process technology series)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-8155-1524-1
ISBN-10: 0-8155-1524-3
1. Nanodiamonds – Synthesis. 2. Nanodiamonds – Analysis. 3. Diamond
powder – Ind