Scientists have learned to stretch diamonds for a new generation of microelectronics

An international scientific group under the patronage of the City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has succeeded in developing a new method for producing so-called "liquid diamonds". This discovery can serve as an impetus for the development of a new era in modern electronics.

How scientists managed to stretch diamonds

This unique experiment was carried out due to the well-coordinated work of scientists from the CityU Department of Mechanical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (both China) and engineers from MIT (USA).

A series of experiments have shown that diamonds exhibit incredibly high and uniform elasticity when stretched. This fact, in turn, opens up very broad prospects in the construction of electronic devices by engineering the deformations of diamond structures.

First of all, diamond is known for its super strength and in industry it is mainly used for cutting. But besides this, the diamond has a number of unique properties.

As you know, diamond is recognized by many scientists as a highly efficient electronic and photonic material due to its amazing increased thermal conductivity, as well as due to the highest mobility of the electric charge, increased breakdown capacity and the widest strip gap transmission.

In this case, the band gap is one of the key parameters of semiconductors, and a wide band gap makes it possible to fully operate high-power or high-frequency devices.

It is for this reason that some scientists consider diamond to be almost the ideal raw material for the next generation of electronics.

In the course of numerous experiments, scientists managed to solve a number of problems, and finally get samples monocrystalline diamond made of solid diamond monocrystals, which in their shape resembled bridges.

In the course of further experiments with blanks, the scientists found out that nanoscale diamond is quite capable of elastic bending with greater local deformation.

The results of this experiment showed that diamonds are quite suitable for applications ranging from micro / nanoelectromechanical systems (MEMS / NEMS), voltage engineering transistors to new optoelectronic and quantum technologies.

So it is quite possible that a whole era of diamond electronics awaits you and me. If you liked the material, then put your thumbs up and subscribe. Thanks for attention!