DOI: 10.31399/asm.amp.2016-03.p024 ISSN:
Discovery of Q-Phases and Direct Coversion of Carbon into Diamond and h-BN into c-BN
Jagdish Narayan, Anagh Bhaumik, Roger Narayan- Mechanical Engineering
- Mechanics of Materials
- General Materials Science
Abstract
The discovery of new phases of carbon and direct conversion of carbon into diamond and diamond-like materials—at ambient conditions and without a catalyst—is a breakthrough with tremendous potential for electronics and hard-materials applications.