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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."
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
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.
Yes. Graphene does not "melt". it sublimates at very high temperatures. That's why graphite crucibles are used in foundries.