Treatise on the Resolution of the Diamond Problem after 200 Years

TL;DR

This paper reviews the long-standing diamond problem, introduces the Little Effect as a novel quantum resolution mechanism involving multi-spin interactions, and discusses its implications for diamond synthesis and related phenomena.

Contribution

It presents the Little Effect as a new quantum-based approach to resolving the diamond problem, integrating experimental evidence and comparing it with existing theories.

Findings

Experimental evidence supports the Little Effect in diamond-related phenomena.

The Little Effect offers better compatibility of radicals with diamond lattice.

Comparison with natural diamond genesis highlights the relevance of the Little Effect.

Abstract

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.