Graphite is an incredibly important, versatile mineral, with uses spanning industries. Graphite is an essential component of many batteries, including lithium-ion batteries, and demand is only ...

A Chinese research team has produced bulk hexagonal diamond, a crystal structure long theorized to be harder than conventional cubic diamond, from compressed graphite. The work, led by Sun Jian at ...

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