Nature Communications (Aug 2017)

Synthesis of quenchable amorphous diamond

  • Zhidan Zeng,
  • Liuxiang Yang,
  • Qiaoshi Zeng,
  • Hongbo Lou,
  • Hongwei Sheng,
  • Jianguo Wen,
  • Dean J. Miller,
  • Yue Meng,
  • Wenge Yang,
  • Wendy L. Mao,
  • Ho-kwang Mao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00395-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Diamond’s properties are dictated by its crystalline, fully tetrahedrally bonded structure. Here authors synthesize a bulk sp 3-bonded amorphous form of carbon under high pressure and temperature, show that it has bulk modulus comparable to crystalline diamond and that it can be recovered under ambient conditions.