Advanced Materials, Vol.27, No.37, 5518-5522, 2015
High-Pressure Synthesis of Boron-Doped Ultrasmall Diamonds from an Organic Compound
The first application of the high-pressure-high-temperature (HPHT) technique for direct production of doped ultrasmall diamonds starting from a one-component organic precursor is reported. Heavily boron-doped diamond nanoparticles with a size below 10 nm are produced by HPHT treatment of 9-borabicyclo [3,3,1]nonane dimer molecules.