Approaching diamond's theoretical elasticity and strength limits

Nie, AM; Bu, YQ; Li, PH; Zhang, YZ; Jin, TY; Liu, JB; Su, Z; Wang, YB; He, JL; Liu, ZY; Wang, HT; Tian, YJ; Yang, W

Tian, YJ (reprint author), Yanshan Univ, Ctr High Pressure Sci, State Key Lab Metastable Mat Sci & Technol, Qinhuangdao 066004, Hebei, Peoples R China.; Wang, HT (reprint author), Zhejiang Univ, Ctr X Mech, Hangzhou 310027, Zhejiang, Peoples R China.; Wan

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 2019; 10 ():

Abstract

Diamond is the hardest natural material, but its practical strength is low and its elastic deformability extremely limited. While recent experiments h......

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