Here's something I read a few days back:
Just a few questions, if anyone cares to answer:
How is it possible for carbon material to be harder than the diamond lattice? Isn't that lattice the ideal geometric shape for hardness purposes? Can one assume this new material will be comparable in brittleness to diamond?
They briefly say that the process could be scaled up for industrial-scale production. Will it only be possible to make this material in bulk using the extreme pressure? When we see diamond-coated razorblades and other diamond-coatings in consumer products, will the manufacturing process for this new harder material allow for coating it onto things?
Is the manufacturing process likely to be significantly more expensive than for industrial diamond manufacturing?