Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have entered the stage as a new generation of porous
polymers which stand out by virtue of their crystallinity, diverse framework topologies and …

The ability to change material properties through phase engineering has long been sought,
with the goal of ad hoc tunability of the physical and chemical properties of the transformed …

Understanding the direct transformation from graphite to diamond has been a long-standing
challenge with great scientific and practical importance. Previously proposed transformation …

Amorphous materials inherit short-and medium-range order from the corresponding crystal
and thus preserve some of its properties while still exhibiting novel properties,. Due to its …

Natural diamonds were (and are) formed (thousands of million years ago) in the upper
mantle of Earth in metallic melts at temperatures of 900–1,400° C and at pressures of 5–6 …

Two-dimensional diamond, or diamane, is an ultrathin film with unique physical properties
that combine the record values of the bulk crystal with the exciting features caused by the …

This is an introductory textbook for graduate students and researchers from various fields of
science who wish to learn about carbon nanotubes. The field is still at an early stage, and …

We perform a comparative study of six common carbon interatomic potentials: Tersoff, REBO-
II, ReaxFF, EDIP, LCBOP-I and COMB3. To ensure fair comparison, all the potentials are …

This work presents a survey on the recent progress in laser ablation of a solid target in a
confining liquid for the synthesis of nanocrystals with focus on the mechanism of nanocrystal …

The paper reviews the principles of interaction of energetic particles with solid carbon and
carbon nanostructures. The reader is first introduced to the basic mechanisms of radiation …