Carbon Nanostructure is Stronger Than Diamonds

Researchers have architecturally designed plate-nanolattices — nanometer-sized carbon structures — that are stronger than diamonds as a ratio of strength to density. The material consists of closely connected, closed-cell plates instead of the cylindrical trusses common in such structures over the past few decades. Previous beam-based designs have not been efficient in terms of mechanical properties. The new design has been shown to improve on the average performance of cylindrical beam-based architectures by up to 639% in strength and 522% in rigidity.