Sentences with phrase «nanodiamonds smaller»

Nanodiamonds smaller than 6 nanometers across have proven to be an effective additive to mineral oil for thermal - transfer and storage applications, according to researchers at Rice University.

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In it, they describe a process by which nanodiamonds — tiny diamond particles 10,000 times smaller than the diameter of a hair — curtail the electrochemical deposition, called plating, that can lead to hazardous short - circuiting of lithium ion batteries.

Water is seen as small red and white molecules on large nanodiamond spheres.

In tests, the researchers dispersed nanodiamonds in mineral oil and found that a very small concentration — one - tenth of a percent by weight — raised the thermal conductivity of the oil by 70 percent at 373 kelvins (about 211 degrees Fahrenheit).

In the experiment, they could see that nearly every carbon atom of the original plastic was incorporated into «nanodiamonds» — small diamond structures up to a few nanometers wide.

Nanophase Carbon Materials (carbon nanotubes, nanodiamond, nanocomposite]-- A form of matter in which small clusters of atoms form the building blocks of a larger structure.

Los Alamos, New Mexico, Nov. 6, 2017 — For the first time in the U.S., time - resolved small - angle x-ray scattering (TRSAXS) is used to observe ultra-fast carbon clustering and graphite and nanodiamond production in the insensitive explosive Plastic Bonded Explosive (PBX) 9502, potentially leading to better computer models of explosive performance.