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The nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond attracts a lot of attention in sensing applications, mainly for temperature, magnetic field, and rotation measurements. Nuclear spins of carbon-13 surrounding the nitrogen-vacancy center can be used as…
We report the mechanical properties of cubic boron nitride (c-BN) and diamond under the combined impact of dynamical pressure and temperature, calculated using ab initio molecular dynamics. Our study revealed a pronounced sensitivity of the…
We investigate the thermodynamics and kinetics of a hydrogen interstitial in magnetic {\alpha}-iron, taking account of the quantum fluctuations of the proton as well as the anharmonicities of lattice vibrations and hydrogen hopping. We show…
Despite decades of extensive research on mechanical properties of diamond, much remains to be understood in term of plastic deformation mechanisms due to the poor deformability at room temperature. In a recent work in Advanced Materials, it…
Point defects in semiconductors are becoming central to quantum technologies. They can be used as spin qubits interfacing with photons, which are fundamental for building quantum networks. Currently, the most prominent quantum defect in…
Recent advances in the engineering of diamond surfaces make it possible to stabilize the charge state of 7-30 nanometers deep nitrogen-vacancy (NV) quantum sensors in diamond and to remove the charge noise at the surface principally.…
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Diamond is a promising material for high-power electronic applications in both the dc and rf domains. However, the predicted advantages are yet to be realized for a number of technical challenges. In particular, n-type devices have not been…
Nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond are attractive as quantum sensors owing to their remarkable optical and spin properties under ambient conditions. Here we experimentally demonstrated a hybrid fiber-based thermometer coupled with…
This study investigates the molecular-level self-assembly behavior of seven functionalized diamondoids, examining how diverse substituents influence structural organization, thermal stability, and aggregate morphology. Using a combination…
Defects can strongly influence the electronic, optical and mechanical properties of 2D materials, making defect stability under different thermodynamic conditions crucial for material-property engineering. In this paper, we present an…
A neutral nitrogen-vacancy center (NV$^0$) is promising for realizing strong coupling with a single microwave photon due to its large electric field sensitivity, although it is susceptible to environmental phonon noise at 5 K. Decreasing…
A muonium hydride molecule is a bound state of muonium and hydrogen atoms. It has half the mass of a parahydrogen molecule and very similar electronic properties in its ground state. The phase diagram of an assembly of such particles is…
We show a marked reduction in the emission from nitrogen-vacancy (NV) color centers in single crystal diamond due to exposure of the diamond to hydrogen plasmas ranging from 700{\deg}C to 1000{\deg}C. Significant fluorescence reduction was…
We present infrared absorption studies of solid hydrogen deuteride to pressures as high as 3.4 megabar in a diamond anvil cell and temperatures in the range 5 to 295 K. Above 198 GPa the sample transforms to a mixture of HD ,H2 and D2,…
A combined experimental and numerical study on the variation of the elastic properties of defective single-crystal diamond is presented for the first time, by comparing nano-indentation measurements on MeV-ion-implanted samples with…
The probabilities of finding the muon in various states in synthetic single crystal and polycrystalline diamond were studied. In the IIa-type single-crystal sample at 150 K the contributions of the diamagnetic muon, `normal', and…
In this letter, we report the effects of irradiating hydrogen-terminated diamond surfaces with protons. We study the electrical behavior of the two-dimensional hole gas that forms on the diamond surface as a result of hydrogen-termination.…
Revealing the properties of single spin defects in solids is essential for quantum applications based on solid-state systems. However, it is intractable to investigate the temperature-dependent properties of single defects, due to the low…
Atomic metallic hydrogen has been produced in the laboratory at high pressure and low temperature, prompting further investigations of its different properties. However, purely experimental approaches are infeasible because of the extreme…