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Paracrystalline graphite with combined high strength, plasticity and anomalous conductivity

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By Saisai Wang, Yuchen Shang, Rong Fu, Musen Li, Yan Ma, Hengyu Li, Yaping Zhao, Xuyuan Hou, Yankun Yin, Desi Chen, Linchao Yu, Chunguang Zhai, Zhaodong Liu, Quanjun Li, Lihua Wang, Jianfeng Ji, He Lin, Vladimir Blank, Xiaoke Mu, Bingbing Liu, Mingguang Yao, Dengfeng Teng, Luotian Duan, Sergei Gennadievich Buga
| Nature Verified
Abstract Paracrystallization provides a route to achieving synergistic properties beyond conventional property trade-offs, but applying it to layered materials is challenging due to strong bonding anisotropy. Here, we report the synthesis of paracrystalline graphite, a paracrystalline state realized in a layered material, through a high-pressure-driven “local graphitization” of C60 crystals.
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General approach for synthesizing hexagonal diamond by heating post-graphite phases - Nature Materials

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By Desi Chen, Jiajun Dong, Xuyuan Hou, Yankun Yin, Wei Zhang, Shengcai Zhu, Bertil Sundqvist, Bingbing Liu
| Nature Verified
Abstract Natural and synthetic diamonds mostly have a cubic lattice, whereas a rare hexagonal structure—known as hexagonal diamond (HD)—has been largely unexplored due to the low purity and minuscule size of most samples obtained. The synthesis of HD remains a challenge and even its existence remains controversial. Here we report the synthesis of well-crystallized, nearly pure HD by heating highly compressed graphite, which is applicable to both bulk and nanosized graphitic precursors.
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Realizing long range π-conjugation in phenanthrene and phenanthrene-based molecular crystals for anomalous piezoluminescence

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By Tongge Xu, Xiu Yin, Chunguang Zhai, Desi Chen
| Royal Society of Chemistry Verified
Realizing long range π-conjugation in phenanthrene and phenanthrene-based molecular crystals for anomalous piezoluminescence† Unlike the known aggregation-caused quenching (ACQ) that the enhancement of π–π interactions in rigid organic molecules usually decreases the luminescent emission, here we show that an intermolecular “head-to-head” π–π interaction in the phenanthrene crystal, forming the so-called “transannular effect”, could result in a higher degree of electron delocalization and...
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