Diamonds are not the stable heat conductor they were thought to be
In a collaborative effort between universities, national research institutions, and industry, the University of Warwick’s facilities and expertise played a crucial role in discovering ‘hot spots’ around atomic defects (imperfections of a material’s microscopic structure) in diamonds, thereby challenging assumptions about the material known to be the world’s best natural heat conductor. Researchers discovered that when light hits certain molecular-scale defects inside a diamond,...
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