All carbon articles
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NewsComposite achieves the virtually impossible – it’s electrically conducting, while thermally insulating
Material shows exceptional heat resistance while still conducting electricity and could find uses in aerospace
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Research
New allotrope of carbon synthesised
‘Superatomic’ cousin of graphene is made of linked fullerene subunits, and could spawn designer nanomaterials
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Large flakes of unusual 2D carbon allotrope made for the first time
Move over graphene, say hello to graphyne
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Comets’ green colour comes from dicarbon dissociation, experiments confirm
First direct observation of C2 photodissociation explains why some comets have a green halo
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The diamond family welcomes its newest member – paracrystalline diamond
Amorphous diamond with pockets of natural diamond makes theoretical paracrystals a reality
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First carbon-making microbes discovered
Mysterious black material produced by deep sea archaea and bacteria found to be carbon
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New process could turn scrap metal into hi-tech steel in demand for cars and alloys
Ultra-low carbon steel created electrochemically
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Exoplanet’s chemical fingerprint suggest a distant birthplace
Unexpectedly high levels of carbon on Osiris indicate an intriguing past
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Coordinative bonding to carbon more nuanced than first thought
New insights from valence bond theory enhance understanding of bonding in carbones
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Room temperature superconductivity finally claimed by mystery material
At high pressures carbon–hydrogen–sulfur compound becomes superconducting at 15˚C
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Excited state potential energy curves reignite diatomic carbon’s bond order conundrum
Molecular orbital theory-based approach backs quadruple bond
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Aromaticity lends stability to carbon-only catenanes
Catenanes of newly discovered C18 rings are theoretically possible thanks to the kinetic quirks of aromaticity
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First atomically thin carbon may end debate on nature of amorphous materials
Images of 2D carbon rule out one of two competing theories amorphous materials’ structure
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Ring of pure carbon takes on negative charge
Scientists use simulations to reveal the properties of the newest carbon allotrope
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Another 43 new kinds of carbon could still be out there to find
Predictions could lead to forms of carbon that are even harder than diamond
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New carbodiphosphoranes break superbasicity record
Chemists overcome synthetic challenges to make uncharged carbon molecules that sit at far end of THF basicity scale
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New form of pure carbon made by manipulating atoms
Elusive 18-carbon ring pinned down on surface
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Opinion
Should I help make fullerenes if people are going to eat them?
The ethics of getting involved in products with unproven claims
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Calculations suggest octahedral carbon clusters more stable than expected
Carbon nanostructures containing four-membered rings are energetically competitive with fullerenes
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Dwarf planet Ceres turns out to be extra-carbony
Asteroid belt’s largest object, thought to be a piece of rock, contains up to 20% carbon
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