Scientists Create Carbon Structures Stronger Than Diamond

According to research published in Nature Communications, the designed nanolattices demonstrate an improvement in strength and rigidity over beam-based nanolattices by more than 6 and 5 times, respectively.

Scientists from the University of California and other institutions have created plate-nanolattices – nanometre-sized carbon structures – that are stronger than diamonds in terms of strength and density, according to a recent study.

The manufactured nanolattices have the highest specific stiffness of any reported architected material and are better than the beam-nanolattices that are widely used in materials science and engineering, the research shows.

The newly-designed plate-based nanolattices are expected to be of great use in the aerospace and aviation industry, as their combination of strength and low mass density should greatly improve aircraft and spacecraft performance.

Nanolattices are porous structures made up of three-dimensional carbon struts and braces. They are incredibly strong and lightweight because of their unique structure.

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