Nanotwinned diamond with unprecedented hardness and stability

Quan Huang, Dongli Yu, Bo Xu, Wentao Hu, Yanming Ma, Yanbin Wang, Zhisheng Zhao, Bin Wen, Julong He, Zhongyuan Liu and Yongjun Tian ()
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Quan Huang: State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University
Dongli Yu: State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University
Bo Xu: State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University
Wentao Hu: State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University
Yanming Ma: State Key Laboratory for Superhard Materials, Jilin University
Yanbin Wang: Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, University of Chicago
Zhisheng Zhao: State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University
Bin Wen: State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University
Julong He: State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University
Zhongyuan Liu: State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University
Yongjun Tian: State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University

Nature, 2014, vol. 510, issue 7504, 250-253

Abstract: Nanotwinned diamond synthesized with onion carbon nanoparticles as precursors has much higher hardness and thermal stability than natural diamond; its enhanced hardness is due to the reduced size of its twin structures.

Date: 2014
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