Engineered fluorescent nanodiamond
Abstract
Nanodiamonds are grown under conditions where diamond-like organic seed molecules do not decompose. This permits engineered growth of fluorescent nanodiamonds wherein a custom designed seed molecule can be incorporated at the center of a nanodiamond. By substituting atoms at particular locations in the seed molecule it is possible to achieve complex multi-atom diamond color centers or even to engineer complete quantum registers. In addition, it is possible to grow ultra-small nanodiamonds, wherein each nanodiamond, no matter how small, can have at least one bright and photostable fluorescent emitter.
Subject
B01J 3/062B01J 3/067
C09K 11/65
C01B 32/25
C30B 29/04
C01B 32/26
C01P 2006/60
C01P 2002/90
C01P 2004/64
B01J 2203/0695
B01J 2203/0655
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Citation
Hemmer, Philip; Zapata, Todd; Struzhkin, Viktor; Fei, Yingwei (2021). Engineered fluorescent nanodiamond. United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /193345.