Diamond synthesis from carbon nanofibers at low temperature and low pressure

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Luo, Chengzhi ^a   Qi, Xiang ^a,b   Pan, Chunxu ^a   Yang, Wenge ^c,d  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XIANGTAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CENTER FOR HIGH PRESSURE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ADVANCED RESEARCH   (China)

^d Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84941578397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep13879     Document Type: Article

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