High pressure synthesis of diamond nanocrystals
Johnson Dalmieda a, Daybis Tencio a, Rhoma Khan b, Augustin Braun a, Daniella Pagliero b, Abraham Wolcott b, Sanjit Ghose c, Carlos Meriles c, David Walker d, Jonathan Owen a
a Columbia University
b Department of Physics, CUNY, The City College of New York, New York, New York 10031, United States
c National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
d Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, New York 10964, United States
Poster, Jonathan Owen, 108
Publication date: 15th May 2025

Rhombohedral diamond nanocrystals with (111) termination (d = 5–20) nm are synthesized from 1-fluoroadamantane at high pressure (5.5–8 GPa) and high temperature (1000–1500 ˚C) in a multianvil cell. X-ray absorption spectra of nanodiamonds as small as 4.5 nm display the signature of a core-hole exciton, which supports the excellent crystallinity and sample purity. Following vacancy implantation and annealing NV0/- luminescence was measured with scanning confocal photoluminescence microscopy. A majority of NV0 centers and a minor fraction of NV- are observed in three samples with average dimensions of 5, 12, and 15 nm. Optically detected magnetic resonance spectroscopy measurements were used to measure the electron spin coherence time, which improved from 0.9 to 3.3 µs with decoupling at room temperature. The influence of cyrstal size and doping on the coherence times of NV centers in nanoscale diamond will be discussed.

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