Approaching diamond’s theoretical elasticity and strength limits
While diamond is the strongest natural material, it fails to reach its theoretical elasticity limits and is brittle. Here, the authors show that thin <100>-orientated diamond nanoneedles can reach diamond’s theoretical strength and elasticity limits in tension.
Bibliographic Details
| Main Authors: |
Anmin Nie,
Yeqiang Bu,
Penghui Li,
Yizhi Zhang,
Tianye Jin,
Jiabin Liu,
Zhang Su,
Yanbin Wang,
Julong He,
Zhongyuan Liu,
Hongtao Wang,
Yongjun Tian,
Wei Yang |
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| Format: | Article
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| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Nature Publishing Group
2019-12-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13378-w
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