Remarkable advancements in nanostructured materials have been achieved through their
integration into modern nanotechnology in almost every phase of society. Among …

Nowadays, synthetic diamonds are easy to fabricate industrially, and a wide range of
methods were developed during the last century. Among them, the high-pressure–high …

The search for new nanostructural topologies composed of elemental carbon is driven by
technological opportunities as well as the need to understand the structure and evolution of …

The origin of diamonds in ureilite meteorites is a timely topic in planetary geology as recent
studies have proposed their formation at static pressures> 20 GPa in a large planetary body …

The graphite-diamond transition, under high-pressure and high-temperature conditions, has
been a central subject in physical science. However, its atomistic mechanism remains under …

Hypervelocity impacts are among the fundamental phenomena occurring during the
evolution of the solar system and are characterized by instantaneous ultrahigh pressure and …

Diamond is a material of immense technological importance and an ancient signifier for
wealth and societal status. In geology, diamond forms as part of the deep carbon cycle and …

The discovery of diamonds in metamorphic rocks of continental affinities occurred shortly
after the discovery of coesite in similar rocks. These important discoveries led to a revolution …

In 1967, a diamond polymorph was reported from hard, diamond-like grains of the Canyon
Diablo iron meteorite and named lonsdaleite. This mineral was defined and identified by …

Planetary formation models show that terrestrial planets are formed by the accretion of tens
of Moon-to Mars-sized planetary embryos through energetic giant impacts. However, relics …