Buckyballs are the rule-breakers of chemistry. These strange molecules are made up of 60 carbon atoms, fused together in a soccer-ball shape. For years, scientists assumed they could only be made in ...

In new research, scientists have created cyclocarbon – or a ring-like structure comprising only carbon. This has taken decades of research. The synthesis of the spherical carbon is the created of IBM ...

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It is one of the most common forms of carbon in space: C60, a soccer ball-shaped carbon molecule, but one that has an extra proton attached to it. This is the conclusion of research carried out at ...

Cyclo[18]carbon. Artistic representation of AFM data of a cyclo[18]carbon molecule, with the determined molecular structure fading in. Credit: IBM Research Bonding matters. It explains the difference ...

Carbon nitride 1 (C 3 N 4) was the Molecule of the Week for January 16 of this year. It exists in two major allotropes, β-C 3 N 4, with a diamond-like structure and g-C 3 N 4, whose properties ...