Abstract
More than 50 years ago, nanodiamonds (NDs) were first discovered in Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR), where they were produced by detonation reaction of carbon-based explosives. They remained essentially unknown to the rest of the world, for many reasons including security and the lack of industrial interests, until the end of the 1980s. A number of important discoveries in the late 1990s led to a
wide interest in these nanoparticles (Figure 23.1). By then, mass production of NDs had already started in different countries (Osawa 2010).
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Carbon Nanomaterials Sourcebook |
Publisher | CRC Press |
Pages | 543-555 |
Number of pages | 13 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781482252699 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 10 2020 |