Diamond properties down to the quantum-size region are still poorly understood. High-pressure high-temperature (HPHT) synthesis from chloroadamantane molecules allows precise control of nanodiamond size. Thermal stability and optical properties of nanodiamonds with sizes spanning range from <1 to 8 nm are investigated. It is shown that the existing hypothesis about enhanced thermal stability of nanodiamonds smaller than 2 nm is incorrect. The most striking feature in IR absorption of these samples is the appearance of an enhanced transmission band near the diamond Raman mode (1332 cm-1). Following the previously proposed explanation, we attribute this phenomenon to the Fano effect caused by resonance of the diamond Raman mode with continuum of conductive surface states. We assume that these surface states may be formed by reconstruction of broken bonds on the nanodiamond surfaces. This effect is also responsible for the observed asymmetry of Raman scattering peak. The mechanism of nanodiamond formation in HPHT synthesis is proposed, explaining peculiarities of their structure and properties.

Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry Russian Academy of Sciences 119071 Moscow Russia

Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences Cukrovarnická 10 16200 Prague Czech Republic

Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography of Federal Scientific Research Centre Crystallography and Photonics' Russian Academy of Sciences 119333 Moscow Russia

Vereshchagin Institute for High Pressure Physics Russian Academy of Sciences Troitsk 108840 Moscow Russia

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