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Atomic clusters

Specific features of the structure of detonation nanodiamonds from results of electron microscopy investigations

E. M. Baitinger^a, E. A. Belenkov^b, M. M. Brzhezinskaya^cd, V. A. Greshnyakov<sup>b

a</sup> Chelyabinsk State Pedagogical University
^b Chelyabinsk State University
^c V. A. Fock Institute of Physics, Saint-Petersburg State University
^d ALBA–CELLS, Barcelona, Spain

Abstract: The experimental results of a comprehensive investigation of the structure of detonation synthesis nanodiamonds by electron microscopy methods have been presented. The morphology of diamond nanoparticles has been investigated and the microdiffraction patterns have been analyzed. The method of characteristic fast electron energy loss spectroscopy in transmission electron microscopy has been used. The local density of structural components of a nanodiamond (diamond core and fullerene-like shell) has been obtained. The shape of the shell surrounding the nanocrystal has been determined using model calculations. A hypothesis explaining the charging of the nanodiamond surface has been proposed.

Received: 11.01.2012

 English version: Physics of the Solid State, 2012, 54:8, 1715–1722

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