| Project/Area Number |
23760640
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Inorganic materials/Physical properties
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| Research Institution | Ehime University |
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Principal Investigator |
OHFUJI Hiroaki 愛媛大学, 地球深部ダイナミクス研究センター, 准教授 (80403864)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000)
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| Keywords | 六方晶ダイヤモンド / 高圧実験 / 高温高圧 / 直接変換 / 高温高圧実験 / 物性測定 / 電子顕微鏡観察 |
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| Research Abstract |
We performed a series of high pressure and high temperature experiments using a large-volume press to synthesize a pure, single-phase hexagonal diamond sintered body. Our study demonstrated that single-phase hexagonal diamond, which includes neither traces of unreacted graphite starting material nor cubic diamond, can be obtained at 25 GPa and 1100-1500C through direct conversion of highly-oriented, highly-crystalline graphite. The sample consists of extremely thin layered units (a few to several tens of nm) and is as dense as cubic diamond. Since our preliminary hardness measurements provided very high indentation hardness values comparable to or exceeding that of cubic diamond, this nano-sintered body of pure hexagonal diamond would have potential application as a novel ultra-hard material.
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