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ArticleNature communications2026

Towards a quantitative description of nanostructured order in amorphous diamond-like carbon.

Alan G Salek, Hendrik Heimes, Ethan P Turner, Edwin L H Mayes, Rebekka Klemmt, Jessica Wierbik, Xingshuo Huang, William R Dunstan, Krysta-Leigh Douglass, Ryan Hogg and 5 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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15 authors.

Alan G SalekDepartment of Physics, School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7229-332X
Hendrik HeimesDepartment of Materials Physics, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Acton, 2601, ACT, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9007-5035
Ethan P TurnerCurtin University, Wark Ave, Bentley, 6102, Western Australia, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-1390-5005
Edwin L H MayesRMIT Microscopy and Microanalysis Facility, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6668-444X
Rebekka KlemmtCenter for Sustainable Energy Materials, Department of Chemistry and iNANO, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, DK-8000, Aarhus C, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-4912-2043
Jessica WierbikDepartment of Materials Physics, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Acton, 2601, ACT, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-4012-2664
Xingshuo HuangDepartment of Materials Physics, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Acton, 2601, ACT, Australia.
William R DunstanDepartment of Physics, School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia.
Krysta-Leigh DouglassDepartment of Physics, School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia.
Ryan HoggDepartment of Physics, School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia.
Nigel A MarksCurtin University, Wark Ave, Bentley, 6102, Western Australia, Australia.
Espen D BøjesenCenter for Sustainable Energy Materials, Department of Chemistry and iNANO, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, DK-8000, Aarhus C, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9352-9514
Jodie E BradbyDepartment of Materials Physics, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Acton, 2601, ACT, Australia.
Dougal G McCullochDepartment of Physics, School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4548-1955
Andrew V MartinDepartment of Physics, School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia. andrew.martin@rmit.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3704-1829

Funding

Department of Education and Training | Australian Research Council (ARC) DP230100231, DP230101407Department of Education and Training | Australian Research Council (ARC) DP250100311
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Our knowledge of crystals rests on precisely measured structural models, which are lacking for amorphous matter. Without long-range order, the available experimental evidence matches competing structural models, including paracrystalline and random network models, limiting our understanding of formation mechanisms and properties. This impedes discovery of new amorphous materials, including high-density sp³-rich carbons, among the hardest known. We show that the pair-angle distribution function (PADF) overcomes these limitations, applying it to a non-crystalline sp³-rich carbon produced by compression of fullerenes at room temperature. The PADF reveals that this phase contains nanostructures with distinct short-range (4

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