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Scientists In China Predict Pentagonal Graphene
TechkNighT_1337 writes: Chinese scientists made calculations and predict that a new 2D allotrope of carbon based in a pentagonal form resembling a common pavement in the streets of Cairo can be synthesized. They call this new form penta-graphene. From the announcement in the Chemistry World, they say: "The team found that not only should a pentagon-containing version of graphene be fairly stable, it should also be stronger than conventional graphene and be able to withstand higher temperatures, up to 730C. It would also be a natural semiconductor, unlike conventional graphene, which is a highly efficient conductor and has to be chemically modified to turn it into a semiconductor."
Where's my space elevator!?
Let me be the first to predict Hexagonal Graphene.
While I'm at it, I'd like to also predict the following:
A sequel to 50 Shades
Future tension in the middle east
Hershey's coming out with a white chocolate syrup
Taco Bell being the only survivor of the restaurant wars
Facebook to soon cause an uproar due to a perceived privacy violation
Ninjas don't carry tic tacs
"Hexagonal" graphene can sustain temperatures in excess of 2000C. 730C for this pentagonal graphene seems much lower, which also suggests a much lower stability.
based in a pentagonal form
"Based on" would be better, but still wouldn't be right. Molecule shapes aren't really "based on" anything, they just look like things sometimes.
resembling an common pavement
"An/a" aside, what's a "common pavement"?
in the streets of Ccairo
That's the c-capital of Egypt, right?
systemd is Roko's Basilisk.
I have never heard of that place.
http://michaelsmith.id.au
A graphene technology writing instrument
Apple decides to make the screws for the iPhone 7 out of pentagonal graphene.
And you have the most powerful aphrodisiac known for women.
Now the Chinese will just come along and make a cheap copy and there goes all the profit!
I know graphene is all the rage in pop-sci news, but calculation/theoretical chemistry is not real until someone makes it. Im not sure how this stuff gets cherry picked to be newsworthy.
...who China stole this idea from. I mean, seriously, given the amount of hacking they've been doing against government & scientific institutions here in the U.S., it may be more plausible that they are simply taking credit for other people's work.
It would be great if we could actually get enough graphene of any sort for industrial apps
A pentagon just feels like an awkward and unnatural shape to me. A square, a triangle a hexagon all seem somehow of superior grace or shape. Even a straight line has a sense of grace. I like keeping away from pentagons either in the geometric or military kind.