New materials from high-pressure experiments

Nature Materials

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 19-25

  McMillan, Paul F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DAVY FARADAY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABRASIVES; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CUBIC BORON NITRIDE; DIAMONDS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS;

HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS;

EID: 0013326485     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat716     Document Type: Review

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