The brilliantly shiny diamond is more than just pretty; it's one of the hardest minerals on Earth, with a name derived from ...

A team of scientists from two universities in China have synthesized a material harder than diamond in the laboratory. When carbon is subjected to extreme heat and pressure within the Earth, it ...

Simulations of formation of graphite (top) and diamond (bottom) under very high temperature and pressure (Davide Donadio, UC Davis). Differences in crystallization Through the simulations, the team ...

(Nanowerk News) A research team led by SLAC scientists has uncovered a potential new route to produce thin diamond films for a variety of industrial applications, from cutting tools to electronic ...

Image shows simulations of the nucleation pathways of graphite (top row) and diamond (bottom row) from direct molecular dynamics simulations at pressures of 15 and 15.5 GPa and a temperature of ...

Synthesis of diamond, a multi-functional material, has been a challenge due to very high activation energy for transforming graphite to diamond, and therefore, has been hindering it from being ...

Two new carbon allotropes (H-carbon and S-carbon) are proposed, as possible candidates for the intermediate superhard phases between graphite and diamond obtained in the process of cold compressing ...

Possibly. At about 170,000 atmospheres, scientists managed to use super-hard graphite to crack one in 2003, but the exact reason why was somewhat of a mystery. Now maybe it’s not.

It's the network: Ever wonder why your friends have more friends than you or diamond is harder than graphite? Date: April 19, 2012 Source: Northwestern University Summary: Networks governing ...

Image shows simulations of the nucleation pathways of graphite (top row) and diamond (bottom row) from direct molecular dynamics simulations at pressures of 15 and 15.5 GPa and a temperature of ...