The Industrial Diamond Industry
Posted by Lisa in Diamond Industry on 06. Nov, 2009 | No Comments
Industrial diamonds are valued mostly for their hardness and heat conductivity, making many of the gemological characteristics of diamond, including clarity and color, mostly irrelevant. This helps explain why 80% of mined diamonds (equal to about 100 million carats or 20,000 kg annually), unsuitable for use as gemstones and known as “bort”, are destined for [...]
Nanodiamond Research
Posted by Lisa in Diamond Industry on 06. Nov, 2009 | No Comments
The term ‘nanodiamond’ is broadly used for a variety of diamond-based materials at the nanoscale (the length scale of approximately 1 – 100 nanometer) including pure-phase diamond films, diamond particles and their structural assemblies. Methods of nanodiamond synthesis are diverse involving methods such as a gas phase nucleation at ambient pressure to high pressure high [...]
Nanodiamonds in the Medical Industry
Posted by Lisa in Diamond Industry on 06. Nov, 2009 | No Comments
In one study, a team of Northwestern University researchers has shown that nanodiamonds can serve as a novel gene delivery technology that combines key enhanced delivery efficiency along with outstanding biocompatibility, all in one drug delivery package. “Finding a more efficient and biocompatible method for gene delivery than is currently available is a major challenge [...]
