Diamane: A New Frontier in Materials Science

单层金刚石（金刚石）是材料研究的一个新前沿，尽管其制备仍处于婴儿期，许多结构被预测为可能的，但还没有实验。该项目建立在“石墨到金刚石”转化的新化学路线上，将解决合成新的金刚石（类）纳米结构的研究空白，并深入了解化学诱导相变和结构-性质相关性，这将对碳研究以外的科学领域产生深远影响。初步数据表明发现新材料和新技术的可行性和影响，这将带来可预见的学术，经济和社会效益。

Single-layer diamond (‘diamane’) is a new frontier of material research although its preparation is still in infancy with many structures predicted possible but have not been made experimentally. Built on a new chemical route for 'graphite to diamane' transformation, this project will address a research gap towards synthesising new diamane(-like) nanostructures and developing an in-depth understanding of the chemically induced phase transformation and structure-property correlations, which will have far-reaching impact on scientific fields beyond carbon research. Preliminary data points to both feasibility and impact for discovering new materials and technologies, which will bring foreseeable scholarly, economic, and social benefits.