Turning diamond into metal, MIT News
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MIT researchers discovered a way to tweak tiny needles of diamond in a controlled way to transform their electronic properties, dialing them from insulating, through semiconducting, all the way to highly conductive, or metallic.
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Turning diamond into metal, MIT News
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Turning diamond into metal, MIT News
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