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DIAMOND ANVIL CELLS

Diamond sculpting pushes extremes

Nature Materials volume 17, pages 858–859 (2018)Cite this article

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Micromilling gem-quality diamond tips into a toroidal shape has been shown to greatly extend the accessible pressure range of standard diamond anvil cells, opening the way for studies in extreme physics of high-density matter.

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Fig. 1: Scanning electron microscope images of toroidal diamond anvils.

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