nanodiamondn.
/ˈnanə(ʊ)ˌdʌɪ(ə)mənd/, U.S. /ˈnænoʊˌdaɪ(ə)mən(d)/ A diamond particle with approximate dimensions of a few nanometres.
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1991 Extended Abstr. Spring Meeting Electrochem. Soc. 91 173/1 PVD [= physical vapor deposition] is already a practical process in Russia and large quantities of nano-diamonds are being produced in thin film form.
2002 Guardian 18 July (Online section) 9/6 The idea was that nanodiamonds were stardust, blown across space from far away and long ago to waft into the atmosphere as micrometeorites.
2009 A. M. Schrand et al. in T. J. Webster Safety of Nanoparticles viii. 159 Multiwalled carbon nanotubes and nanodiamonds..can accumulate in mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells to cause DNA damage.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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