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."

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So..

[steveb3210]

Where's my space elevator!?

Do some bloody editing, editors

[wonkey_monkey]

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?

Re:Pander to My Prejudices

[wierd_w]

Actually, the inclusion of a pentagonal allotropic unit inside a carbon nanotube (just rolled up graphene) was one of the first laboratory examples of a pure carbon semiconductor.

WAAAAY back in 1997
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10...