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Diamonds

Opinion: Harder than diamond: have scientists really found something tougher than nature’s invincible material?

19 Jan 2016

Paul Coxon (Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy) discusses the materials that have each been heralded as the new “world’s hardest material...

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The imperfections in diamonds, which give them their colour, also trap electrons which can potentially be manipulated to transmit information – a principle which lies at the heart of quantum computing

Quantum researchers close in on dream vacancy

18 Feb 2014

Defects in microscopic diamonds caused by the presence of silicon could provide researchers with a potent basis for developing new technologies...

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Nanodiamonds

Diamond ‘flaws’ pave way for nanoscale MRI

25 Nov 2013

Breakthrough offers high-sensitivity nanoscale sensors, and could lead to magnetic imaging of neuron activity and thermometry on a single living cell...

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