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Localized electronic and vibrational states in amorphous diamond.

Rong Cheng1, Wen-Cai Lu1, K M Ho2

  • 1College of Physics, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, China and Ames Laboratory-U.S. DOE and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA. wangcz@ameslab.gov.

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|February 19, 2021
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Researchers created amorphous diamond structures with strong sp3 bonds, achieving high incompressibility and a wide band gap similar to crystalline diamond. Defects and strain influence electronic and vibrational properties.

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