Diamond nanothreads may be used to make clothes, electronics and construction materials in the future, scientists have claimed.
Diamond nanothreads may be used to make clothes, electronics and construction materials in the future, scientists have claimed. Researchers are working out how many ways humanity can use diamond nanothread (DNT). First created by Pennsylvania State University last year, one-dimensional DNT is similar to carbon nanotubes, hollow cylindrical tubes 10,000 times smaller than human hair, stronger than steel — but brittle. “DNT, by comparison, is even thinner, incorporating kinks of hydrogen in the carbon’s hollow structure, called Stone-Wale transformation defects, which I’ve discovered reduces brittleness and adds flexibility” said Haifei Zhan, from Queensland University of Technology, Australia.
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