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Interesting: 10 Uses for Graphene.
Posted on 06/28/2022 10:30:24 PM PDT by upchuck
Synthetic carbon allotropes are intriguing due to their exceptional properties and potential applications. Scientists have devoted decades to synthesizing new types of carbon materials. However, a two-dimensional fullerene, which possesses a unique structure, has not been successfully synthesized until now.
Recently, scientists developed a new interlayer bonding cleavage strategy to prepare a two-dimensional monolayer polymeric fullerene. The research group was led by Prof. ZHENG Jian from the Institute of Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS)
The researchers prepared magnesium intercalated C60 bulk crystals as the precursor to the exfoliation reaction. They then utilized a ligand-assisted cation exchange strategy to cleave the interlayer bonds into bulk crystals, which led to the bulk crystals being exfoliated into monolayer nanosheets.
The structure of monolayer polymeric C60 was explored by single crystal X-ray diffraction and scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM). In this monolayer polymeric C60, cluster cages of C60 are covalently bonded with each other in a plane, forming a regular topology that is distinct from that of conventional 2D materials.
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That’s all fine and well, but they sourced it from Scotty decades ago.
And the point is?
Maybe just a chance to use a bunch of fancy words?
"bonding cleavage"
Obviously a bumpy layer. I wonder how the stacking goes.
Totally cool…. A hat tip to Buckminster Fuller is warranted.
The buckyballs in the top layer nest into the gaps in the lower layer.
I clicked the link to see if they suggested any uses for this.
Nada.
So...when does this turn into a bicycle no one can afford to buy?
After all the big words are used, what’s it really good for?
Potentially useful in real world creation of monatomic wire and edged weapons. I.E., a blade or cutting wire that has an extremely hard edge that’s just one atom wide and will cut through damn near anything.
While those in materials science might be fascinated, I really don’t care how this stuff is made, mainly because I don’t understand any of it. What I am interested in is: what can this stuff do, and if it’s anything really useful, when will it be available and at what cost?
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