Zhongyuan’s carbon pillar work is published Nature Comm! Many congratulations on this great achievement!

This work reports the discovery of ultrahigh strength of nanoporous amorphous carbon nanopillars, which are fabricated through self-assembly, nanoimprinting, and carbonization processes. This material is easily scalable up to centimeter scale, providing a strong potential to develop advanced structure material across the wide length scale.

Zhongyuan Li, Ayush Bhardwaj, Jinlong He, Wenxin Zhang, Thomas T. Tran, Ying Li, Andrew McClung, Sravya Nuguri, James J. Watkins, Seok-Woo Lee, “Nanoporous amorphous carbon nanopillars with lightweight, near-theoretical strength, large fracture strain, and high damping capability,” Nature Communications 15, 8151 (2024)  [PDF.pdf][web]