One of the curious consequences of the polywater episode was delayed development of diamond synthesis under metastable conditions, mainly by chemical vapor depo

One of the curious consequences of the polywater episode was delayed development of diamond synthesis under metastable conditions, mainly by chemical vapor deposition. After polywater, Deryagin was a very early claimant to having produced diamond by CVD. In light of his role in polywater, his diamond work was widely ignored. It took roughly another decade until Japanese work proved diamond could be made by CVD.