Molten carbon can crystallize into diamond or graphite, but it has been difficult to study this process. New simulations show that graphite can sometimes "hijack" the pathway that would lead to ...

The nucleation and growth of graphite in Fe-C alloys (cast iron) can both be related to the 2-D nucleation of a single atomic layer of graphene. Here, we use molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to ...

A reaction that puzzled scientists for 50 years has now been explained by researchers at Ume University. Rapid structural snapshots captured how graphite transforms into graphite oxide during ...

Engineers often treat impurities as a problem to eliminate to improve material performance. But new research from Osaka ...

The graphite found in your favorite pencil could have instead been the diamond your mother always wears. What made the difference? Researchers are finding out. How molten carbon crystallizes into ...

Chemical impurities help amorphous carbon form graphite-like, ultralow-friction layers under stress, enabling ...