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.

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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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13378-w
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spelling doaj-bcc1cba838e14852a1fe5612e15c64012021-05-11T12:28:58ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232019-12-011011710.1038/s41467-019-13378-wApproaching diamond’s theoretical elasticity and strength limitsAnmin Nie0Yeqiang Bu1Penghui Li2Yizhi Zhang3Tianye Jin4Jiabin Liu5Zhang Su6Yanbin Wang7Julong He8Zhongyuan Liu9Hongtao Wang10Yongjun Tian11Wei Yang12Center for High Pressure Science, State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan UniversityCenter for X-mechanics, Zhejiang UniversityCenter for High Pressure Science, State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan UniversityCenter for X-mechanics, Zhejiang UniversityCenter for Precision Engineering, Harbin Institute of TechnologyCenter for X-mechanics, Zhejiang UniversityCenter for High Pressure Science, State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan UniversityCenter for Advanced Radiation Sources, University of ChicagoCenter for High Pressure Science, State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan UniversityCenter for High Pressure Science, State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan UniversityCenter for X-mechanics, Zhejiang UniversityCenter for High Pressure Science, State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan UniversityCenter for X-mechanics, Zhejiang UniversityWhile 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.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13378-w
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author 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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Yeqiang Bu
Penghui Li
Yizhi Zhang
Tianye Jin
Jiabin Liu
Zhang Su
Yanbin Wang
Julong He
Zhongyuan Liu
Hongtao Wang
Yongjun Tian
Wei Yang
Approaching diamond’s theoretical elasticity and strength limits
Nature Communications
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Yongjun Tian
Wei Yang
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title_short Approaching diamond’s theoretical elasticity and strength limits
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description 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.
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