Krasnoyarsk nanodiamonds for new displays and medical diagnostics

Siberian scientists in Krasnoyarsk have developed a new composite material based on carbon nanotubes and nanodiamonds, Nanonewsnet.ru  reported , citing a source at the Krasnoyarsk-based Institute of Biophysics. 

The material is said to provide a rigidly bonded structure of vertically positioned graphene nanotubes, with a layer of nanodiamonds applied to the surface of the tubes. 

The new product is reported to possess a range of unique properties. For example, in a weak electrical field it is said to generate flue light, a feature that prompts the developers to think the new structures might be used as minuscule ‘lamps.’ 

According to Yulia Fedoseyeva, a research fellow at the Institute of Nonorganic Chemistry in Novosibirsk, the unofficial ‘capital city’ of Siberian science, the new material may have wide applications from next gen displays to medical diagnostics equipment. 

The research results have been published in Scientific Reports run by Nature, a global scientific publisher.