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This is polycrystalline diamond, which probably scatters phonons anyway, so it seems naively like using a single isotope wouldn't help much. But that's definite
by modeless 1y ago
This is polycrystalline diamond, which probably scatters phonons anyway, so it seems naively like using a single isotope wouldn't help much. But that's definitely an interesting fact and I think you're right that it probably wouldn't add much expense when the amount of material is so small.
- pfdietz 1y agoI'm not sure that's too dominant? The thermal conductivity reported is close to the natural diamond, so increasing the conductivity of the individual microcrystals could still be significant.