This monograph, written by a team of the internationally recognized experts, provides a comprehensive overview of detonation nanodiamond particles produced by detonation of carbon-containing explosives. These tiny particles, only 4 nm in size, recently became an object of keen interest around the world due to their outstanding mechanical and chemical robustness and stability, large surface area, intintriguingeresting optical properties and low toxicity.
The monograph discusses the technology of synthesis and the effect of various technological parameters on the structure and physico-chemical properties of nanodiamonds, explores the possibilities of targeted chemical modification of the surface, describes methods of structural modification of nanodiamonds aimed at obtaining nanographite, analyzes the various methods employed in studies of nanodiamonds as a carbon nanostructure, and suggests and explores at length the potential of nanodiamond application in technology and medicine.