Synthesis of paracrystalline diamond

• Published in: Nature (London) Vol. 599; no. 7886; pp. 605 - 610
• Main Authors: Tang, Hu, Yuan, Xiaohong, Cheng, Yong, Fei, Hongzhan, Liu, Fuyang, Liang, Tao, Zeng, Zhidan, Ishii, Takayuki, Wang, Ming-Sheng, Katsura, Tomoo, Sheng, Howard, Gou, Huiyang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 25.11.2021; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 639/301/1034/1035; 639/766/119/1002; Amorphous materials; Amorphous structure; Bonding strength; Buckminsterfullerene; Carbon; Chemical properties; Chemical synthesis; Crystal structure; Crystallinity; Crystals; Diamond crystals; Diamonds; High temperature; Humanities and Social Sciences; Long range order; Methods; Microscopy; Molecular dynamics; multidisciplinary; Nucleation; Periodicity; Physical properties; Production processes; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Short range order; Simulation; Temperature; X-ray diffraction; China

Solids in nature can be generally classified into crystalline and non-crystalline states 1 – 7 , depending on whether long-range lattice periodicity is present in the material. The differentiation of the two states, however, could face fundamental challenges if the degree of long-range order in crys...