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On the n-diamond and i-carbon nanocrystalline forms

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We report on a comparison of the diffraction pattern observed for nanocrystalline n-diamond and i-carbon forms by other investigative teams, with the calculated diffraction pattern of glitter based upon lattice parameters optimized using the DFT-CASTEP method. The close fit of the latter dataset to that observed for n-diamond and i-carbon, as reported herein, suggests that indeed i-carbon may be of the same structure as n-diamond, and that they both may have the tetragonal glitter structure.

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  1. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Republic of Argentina

    Michael J. Bucknum & Eduardo A. Castro

  2. Department of Chemistry, University of La Plata, INIFTA, La Plata, 1900, Buenos Aires, Republic of Argentina

    Eduardo A. Castro

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Bucknum, M.J., Castro, E.A. On the n-diamond and i-carbon nanocrystalline forms. J Math Chem 50, 1034–1038 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10910-011-9954-9

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