A Carbonaceous Nanoparticle (Left) and its Pure Carbon Core (IMAGE)

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A Carbonaceous Nanoparticle (Left) and its Pure Carbon Core

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To forge nanodiamonds, which have potential applications in medicine, optoelectronics and quantum computing, researchers expose organic explosive molecules to powerful detonations in a controlled environment. These explosive forces, however, make it difficult to study the nanodiamond formation process. To overcome this hurdle, researchers recently developed a procedure and a computer model that can simulate the highly variable conditions of explosions on phenomenally short time scales. They report their work in The Journal of Chemical Physics. This image shows a carbonaceous nanoparticle (left) and its pure carbon core (right). Blue: carbon atoms. Red: oxygen atoms. White: diamond seed. Yellow: pure carbon network surrounding the diamond seed

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X. Bidault and N. Pineau

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