Ultrastrong catalyst-free polycrystalline diamond

Abstract Diamond is the hardest naturally occurring material found on earth but single crystal diamond is brittle due to the nature of catastrophic cleavage fracture. Polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) materials are made by high pressure and high temperature (HPHT) technology. PDC materials have...

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Main Authors: Qiang Li, Guodong Zhan, Dong Li, Duanwei He, Timothy Eric Moellendick, Chinthaka P. Gooneratne, Alawi G. Alalsayednassir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79167-4