The invention relates to a preparation method of bionic
diamond with a shell-like structure, and aims to effectively improve the
toughness of a
superhard material. According to the method,
highly oriented pyrolytic graphite is taken as a
raw material, a
microstructure and
graphite content in a sample are regulated and controlled by adopting a high-temperature and high-pressure method, and the bionic
diamond with a shell-pearl-mother-like structure is successfully prepared. According to the method, highly oriented
graphite is bent under
high pressure, a cross
interlocking structure in a shell is reproduced, meanwhile, the
grain orientation of the
diamond is controlled by utilizing the
martensite phase transformation characteristic of the
graphite, and experiments show that the prepared bionic diamond has extremely high
hardness (HVgt; compared with the traditional nano
polycrystalline diamond (NPD), the prepared nano
polycrystalline diamond has the advantages that the prepared nano
polycrystalline diamond has excellent
toughness (KIC = 15.9 MPa.m < 0.5 >) and excellent
toughness (KIC = 15.9 MPa.m < 0.5 >), the toughness of the nano polycrystalline diamond is about 4 times that of
single crystal diamond, and the toughness of the nano polycrystalline diamond is nearly doubled under the condition of keeping similar
hardness compared with the traditional nano polycrystalline diamond (NPD). According to the invention, the contradiction between
hardness and toughness in the
superhard material is solved, a new technical path is provided for the application of the superhard high-toughness NPD, and the superhard high-toughness NPD has important industrial application prospects.