The Diamond Hyperpolarizer will enhance diagnosis, evaluating tumour response to treatment and predicting tumour aggressiveness; the ND-probe will provide a novel agent for selective, targeted imaging, providing new tools for quantitative diagnosis.
What are hyper diamonds made of?
Nanodiamond or hyperdiamond was produced by compression of graphite in 2003 by a group of researchers in Japan and in the same work, published in Nature, it was shown to be much harder than bulk diamond.
What is the least compressible material?
According to this article at the European Synchotron Radiation Facility, Aggregated Diamond Nanorods are the least-compressible known material.
What is hyper diamond?
HYPERDIAMOND ("Molecular Imaging via Hyperpolarized Nanodiamonds") is a European collaborative research and innovation project led by a multi-disciplinary consortium coordinated by Ulm University. The project partners have a long history of successful collaboration in research and innovation projects.
How are nanodiamonds formed?
Currently, nanodiamonds are made by detonating an explosive in a reactor vessel to provide heat and pressure. The diamond particles must then be removed and purified from contaminating elements massed around them. The process is quick and cheap but the nanodiamonds aggregate and are of varying size and purity.