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

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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

Brief Communication Published: 06 February 2003 Materials Ultrahard polycrystalline diamond from graphite Tetsuo Irifune, Ayako Kurio, Shizue Sakamoto, Toru Inoue & Hitoshi Sumiya Nature 421, 599 ...

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 ...

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 ...