The 50-year quest for hexagonal diamond
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1:19>> So, imagine you've spent about 50 years arguing as a scientific community about whether a legendary material exists, and then finally someone has made it, and they're holding it in their hand, and you can see it with the naked eye. And that's roughly the situation when it comes to hexagonal diamond or lonsdaleite. It's a form of carbon that was first proposed in the 1960s, and material scientists have been seeking this holy grail ever since. Okay? There's been debate about whether it even exists in the first place. >> Okay. >> Okay? There's a new paper that's saying that they've actually made it, and the stakes are quite enormous because we're talking
From Harder Than Diamond? The New Hexagonal Diamond Breakthrough
A 50-year debate, a harder-than-diamond claim, and some very funny peer review drama.