2006/08/02 by Reginald B. Little, Little, Reginald B., Joseph Roache +1
Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Chemical Physics Studies #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #Chemical physics #Condensed matter physics #Dangling bond #Diamond #Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research #FOS: Physical sciences #Hydrogen #Magnetism #Material properties of diamond #Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci) #Materials science #Nanotechnology #Physics #Quantum mechanics #Spinor #Theoretical physics #cond-mat.mtrl-sci
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/0608070
arxiv created 2006/08/02 · openalex publication_date 2006/08/02 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The problem of the physicochemical synthesis of diamond spans more than 200 years, involving many giants of science. Many technologies have been discovered, realized and used to resolve this diamond problem. Here the origin, definition and cause of the diamond problem are presented. The Resolution of the diamond problem is then discussed on the basis of the Little Effect, involving novel roton-phonon driven (antisymmetrical) multi-spin induced orbital orientation, subshell rehybridization and valence shell rotation of radical complexes in quantum fluids under magnetization across thermal, pressure, compositional, and spinor gradients in both space and time. Some experimental evidence of this magnetic quantum Resolution is briefly reviewed and integrated with this recent fruitful discovery. Furthermore, the implications of the Little Effect in comparison to the Woodward-Hoffman Rule are considered. The distinction of the Little Effect from the prior radical pair effect is clarified. The better compatibility of radicals, dangling bonds and magnetism with the diamond lattice relative to the graphitic lattice is discussed. Finally, these novel physicochemical phenomena for the Little Effect are compared with the natural diamond genesis.