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Researchers have synthesized a new boron allotrope, Imma-B60, which is deformable and one million times more conductive than typical boron materials. Created via a high-pressure sodium reaction followed by vacuum heating, this phase features open spaces that allow atomic slip, enabling the material to stretch 23% before breaking without returning to its original shape.
Chinese researchers at Zhengzhou University report the first laboratory-made pure hexagonal diamond (lonsdaleite), a carbon form that is harder and more oxidation-resistant than cubic natural diamond; produced by compressing graphite under extreme pressure and heat and confirmed by spectroscopy and simulations, with potential applications in cutting tools, abrasives, heat management and quantum sensing, and published in Nature in March 2026.
Scientists have successfully synthesized and recovered bulk hexagonal diamond, a harder and more ordered form of diamond with a hexagonal crystal structure, opening new possibilities for advanced materials with superior properties.