Nanotechnologists from Penn collaborate to form near-frictionless diamond material

Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 08:16 in Physics & Chemistry

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and IBM Research-Zuerich have fabricated an ultra sharp, diamond-like carbon tip possessing such high strength that it is 3,000 times more wear-resistant at the nanoscale than silicon...

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