Carbyne, a one-dimensional chain of carbon atoms, is incredibly strong for being so thin, making it an intriguing possibility for use in next-generation electronics, but its extreme instability made it nearly impossible to produce at all, let alone produce enough of it for advanced studies.
Now, an international team of researchers may have a solution.
This instability made it difficult to study and even harder to imagine using in real-world applications. However, like graphene, the atomically thin two-dimensional carbon material already applied in some electronics, carbyne's extreme strength and electronic properties continued to entice researchers with its potential to revolutionize electronics, Rotkin said. The pull is even greater with carbyne, though, as it has a built-in advantage over graphene.
What makes this new method stand out is how much easier and more effective it is compared to older techniques, the researchers said. First, the team used a special precursor, which acts as gentle starting material, called ammonium cholate to grow carbyne at much lower temperatures. Second, they used single-walled carbon nanotubes as a kind of protective shell around the carbyne, which works much better than the thicker, multi-layered tubes used in the past.
While real-world applications are still in the early stages, carbyne's potential is vast, Rotkin said. Because it is a strongly correlated material, its properties extend beyond classical physics, meaning it could have applications in next-generation computing and nanotechnology.
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