Sentences with phrase «small diamond structures»

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.

In the experiment, they were able to see that nearly every carbon atom of the original plastic was incorporated into small diamond structures up to a few nanometers wide.

Not exact matches

That small size, along with their rigid, sturdy structure and high chemical purity, give them useful properties that larger diamonds lack.

The reasons for this difficulty include structural features such as a low packing fraction — meaning that in a diamond lattice, in contrast to many other crystalline structures, particles occupy only a small part of the lattice volume — and strong sensitivity to the way bonds between particles are oriented.

The plasma science frontier is often, but not limited to, the extremes of the plasma state, ranging from the very small (several atom systems) to the extremely large (plasma structure spanning light years in length), from the very fast (attosecond processes) to the very slow (hours), from the diffuse (interstellar medium) to the extremely dense (diamond compressed to tens of gigabar pressures), and from the ultracold (tens of micro kelvin) to the extremely hot (stellar core).