A quenchable superhard carbon phase synthesized by cold compression of carbon nanotubes

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 101, Issue 38, 2004, Pages 13699-13702

  Wang, Zhongwu ^a   Zhao, Yusheng ^a   Tait, Kimberly ^a,b   Liao, Xiaozhou ^a   Schiferl, David ^a   Zha, Changsheng ^c   Downs, Robert T ^b   Qian, Jiang ^a   Zhu, Yuntian ^a   Shen, Tongde ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBE; DIAMOND;

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; DENSITY; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; HARDNESS; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CARBON; COLD; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIAMOND; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 4644235273     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0405877101     Document Type: Article

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