A tech jewel: Converting graphene into diamond film
(PHYSorg.com Nanotechnology)

Can two layers of the `king of the wonder materials,` i.e. graphene, be linked and converted to the thinnest diamond-like material, the `king of the crystals?` Researchers of the Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials (CMCM) within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS, South Korea) have reported in Nature Nanotechnology the first experimental observation of a chemically induced conversion of large-area bilayer graphene to the thinnest possible diamond-like material, under moderate pressure and temperature conditions. This flexible, strong material is a wide-band gap semiconductor, and thus has potential for industrial applications in nano-optics, nanoelectronics, and can serve as a promising platform for micro- and nano-electromechanical systems.