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Home > News > Measurements show silicon nanospheres among hardest materials

March 21st, 2003

Measurements show silicon nanospheres among hardest materials

Abstract:
University of Minnesota researchers have made the first-ever hardness measurements on individual silicon nanospheres and shown that the nanospheres' hardness falls between the conventional hardness of sapphire and diamond, which are among the hardest known materials. Being able to measure such nanoparticle properties may eventually help scientists design low-cost superhard materials from these nanoscale building blocks.

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NSF

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