Ultrafast photonic hammer: A new strategy to synthesise super-dense super-hard nanomaterials

我们将开发一种新的方法，在实验室合成新类别的超硬和超密度材料，其温度和密度达到或超过目前只有在核爆炸中才能达到的极高温度和密度范围。 超快激光诱导相变的能力将被利用，旨在形成具有奇异性质的材料，这是理论上预测的，但尚未得到实验证实。 我们的新方法将产生深远的跨学科影响。 该项目将提供基础知识，最重要的实用专业知识，以及对年轻研究人员的突出培训，以确保澳大利亚在快速增长和竞争激烈的纳米技术领域的领导者中的国际地位。

We will develop a new way for laboratory synthesis of new classes of super-hard and super-dense materials at and above the extremely high temperature and density range currently accessible only in nuclear explosions. The ability of ultra-fast laser-induced phase transformations will be exploited aiming to form materials with exotic properties, which are theoretically predicted, but has not experimentally confirmed yet. Our new approach will have a profound interdisciplinary impact. The project will deliver underpinning knowledge, foremost practical expertise, and the prominent training of young researchers to secure Australia's international position among the leaders in the rapidly growing and competitive field of nanotechnology.