In brief: Chinese researchers have developed a synthetic diamond that is significantly harder and more resilient than those that occur naturally here on Earth. If commercially viable, the new diamond ...

A Chinese research team has produced bulk hexagonal diamond, a crystal structure long theorized to be harder than ...

Ultrathin bismuthene islands on graphite slide freely in one direction and pause unpredictably, revealing new ways to control friction in nanoscale materials. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Friction at small ...

Metallic three-dimensional lattice structures harbor different mechanical properties. This article considers research published in the journal Materials, that analyzes the energy absorption properties ...