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Composite materials that incorporate diamond are among the hardest in the world, but fail under extreme conditions. A nanostructured form of diamond, made from onion-like carbon precursors, might overcome this problem. See Letter p.250

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Figure 1: Computer model of an onion carbon nanoparticle.

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  1. James Boland is in the Division of Earth Science and Resource Engineering, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Pullenvale, Queensland 4069, Australia.,

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Boland, J. Diamond gets harder. Nature 510, 220–221 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/510220a

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