Nature Communications (Mar 2016)
Nanosecond formation of diamond and lonsdaleite by shock compression of graphite
- D. Kraus,
- A. Ravasio,
- M. Gauthier,
- D. O. Gericke,
- J. Vorberger,
- S. Frydrych,
- J. Helfrich,
- L. B. Fletcher,
- G. Schaumann,
- B. Nagler,
- B. Barbrel,
- B. Bachmann,
- E. J. Gamboa,
- S. Göde,
- E. Granados,
- G. Gregori,
- H. J. Lee,
- P. Neumayer,
- W. Schumaker,
- T. Döppner,
- R. W. Falcone,
- S. H. Glenzer,
- M. Roth
Affiliations
- D. Kraus
- Department of Physics, University of California
- A. Ravasio
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- M. Gauthier
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- D. O. Gericke
- Department of Physics, Centre for Fusion, Space and Astrophysics, University of Warwick
- J. Vorberger
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik Komplexer Systeme
- S. Frydrych
- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt
- J. Helfrich
- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt
- L. B. Fletcher
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- G. Schaumann
- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt
- B. Nagler
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- B. Barbrel
- Department of Physics, University of California
- B. Bachmann
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- E. J. Gamboa
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- S. Göde
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- E. Granados
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- G. Gregori
- Department of Physics, University of Oxford
- H. J. Lee
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- P. Neumayer
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung
- W. Schumaker
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- T. Döppner
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- R. W. Falcone
- Department of Physics, University of California
- S. H. Glenzer
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- M. Roth
- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10970
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 7,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 6
Abstract
Shock synthesis of diamond and even harder carbon polymorphs from graphite is of great interest for science and technology. Here, the authors present unprecedented in situmeasurements of the structural changes, showing ultrafast formation of diamond and, at higher pressures, evidence for a pure lonsdaleite structure.
