Even with the weight of worlds on its shoulders, diamond resolutely refuses to buckle under the pressure. Thanks to the highest-pressure X-ray diffraction experiments ever reported, researchers have ...

Scientists from the University of Tokyo have found a groundbreaking new approach to synthesize diamonds that offers ...

As a widely used semiconductor material 1, germanium (Ge) crystallizes in the diamond-cubic structure (DC-Ge) with an indirect band gap of 0.66 eV at standard conditions 2. Under pressure, however, DC ...

Researchers combine diamond and cubic boron nitride with a novel alloying process for a superhard material. Diamonds are forever, except when they oxidize while cutting through iron, cobalt, nickel, ...

A University of Tokyo team has turned organic molecules into nanodiamonds using electron beams, overturning decades of assumptions about beam damage. Their discovery could transform materials science ...

Carbon is in group IV A of the periodic table with atomic number 6, an atomic weight of 12.011, and a density of 2.26. It melts at 3727 C. The stable form of carbon at room temperature is Graphite ...