Researchers at the City University of New York converted two layers of graphene (each layer of one atom thick) into a diamond-like material at room temperature using an indenter under nanoscale pressure. 
Imagine a material that is as flexible and lightweight as a foil and can be hard enough to prevent bullet impact. A recent paper by the City University of New York at Nature Nanotechnology, which describes a process for creating diamene (a new material named by the research team consisting of bilayer graphene placed on silicon carbide): flexible layering Graphene, which instantly becomes harder than diamonds, and does not penetrate when impacted. Scientists at the Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) at the City University of New York Research Center have studied and tested how two layers of graphene (each atomic thickness) become diamond-like materials after being impacted at room temperature. The team also found that the transition caused a sudden drop in current, indicating that diamene may have interesting electronic and spintronic properties. New discoveries may be applied in the development of wear resistant protective coatings and ultra-light ballistic films. Elisa Riedo, a professor of physics at ASRC and the lead researcher of the project, said: "This is the hardest and hardest material ever created and the thinnest material. Previously, when we tested graphene or monoatomic graphene, we A very soft film is felt when pressure is applied, but when the graphene sheet happens to be two layers thick, we suddenly realize that the pressed material becomes very hard and harder than the diamond.†Staten Island CUNY Angelo Bongiorno, an associate professor of chemistry at the university, and a part of the research team pioneered the theory of diamene. He and his colleagues used atomic computers to simulate the potential consequences of pressurization of two graphene honeycomb layers aligned in different configurations. Riedo and other team members then applied a partial pressure to the bilayer graphene on the silicon carbide substrate using an atomic force microscope and found that the results were identical. Experiments and theories have shown that this graphite-to-diamond transformation does not occur on more than two or single layers of graphene. Bongiorno said: “Graphite and diamonds are made of carbon, but the atoms are arranged differently in each material, giving them different properties such as hardness, flexibility and electrical conductivity. Our new technology allows us to Manipulating graphite to exploit the beneficial properties of diamonds under specific conditions.†The team's success opens up the possibility of studying graphite-diamond phase transitions in two-dimensional materials. The future research direction is to explore stable transformation methods and further broaden the application of materials.
Imagine a material that is as flexible and lightweight as a foil and can be hard enough to prevent bullet impact. A recent paper by the City University of New York at Nature Nanotechnology, which describes a process for creating diamene (a new material named by the research team consisting of bilayer graphene placed on silicon carbide): flexible layering Graphene, which instantly becomes harder than diamonds, and does not penetrate when impacted. Scientists at the Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) at the City University of New York Research Center have studied and tested how two layers of graphene (each atomic thickness) become diamond-like materials after being impacted at room temperature. The team also found that the transition caused a sudden drop in current, indicating that diamene may have interesting electronic and spintronic properties. New discoveries may be applied in the development of wear resistant protective coatings and ultra-light ballistic films. Elisa Riedo, a professor of physics at ASRC and the lead researcher of the project, said: "This is the hardest and hardest material ever created and the thinnest material. Previously, when we tested graphene or monoatomic graphene, we A very soft film is felt when pressure is applied, but when the graphene sheet happens to be two layers thick, we suddenly realize that the pressed material becomes very hard and harder than the diamond.†Staten Island CUNY Angelo Bongiorno, an associate professor of chemistry at the university, and a part of the research team pioneered the theory of diamene. He and his colleagues used atomic computers to simulate the potential consequences of pressurization of two graphene honeycomb layers aligned in different configurations. Riedo and other team members then applied a partial pressure to the bilayer graphene on the silicon carbide substrate using an atomic force microscope and found that the results were identical. Experiments and theories have shown that this graphite-to-diamond transformation does not occur on more than two or single layers of graphene. Bongiorno said: “Graphite and diamonds are made of carbon, but the atoms are arranged differently in each material, giving them different properties such as hardness, flexibility and electrical conductivity. Our new technology allows us to Manipulating graphite to exploit the beneficial properties of diamonds under specific conditions.†The team's success opens up the possibility of studying graphite-diamond phase transitions in two-dimensional materials. The future research direction is to explore stable transformation methods and further broaden the application of materials.Lever Chain Hoists,Small Chain Block,Chain Block 1 Ton,Hand Chain Block
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