Researchers theorize cold compression of graphite results in new superhard carbon allotropes
Friday, March 30, 2012 - 08:05
in Physics & Chemistry
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in China have used math calculations to predict that under cold compression, two new carbon allotropes may be formed. In their paper pre-published on arXiv, the team describes how the two new allotropes would have a hardness factor somewhere between graphite and diamond.