Carbon's new champion: Carbyne, a simple chain of carbon atoms, strongest material of all?
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 16:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Calculations show carbyne, a simple chain of carbon atoms, may be the strongest material of all. Carbyne will be the strongest of a new class of microscopic materials if and when anyone can make it in bulk. If they do, they'll find carbyne nanorods or nanoropes have a host of remarkable and useful properties.