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The next graphene? Shiny and magnetic, a new form of pure carbon dazzles with potential

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  1. Eric_the_Cerise
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    Caveat: This is preliminary, first report, not yet replicated.

    Caveat: This is preliminary, first report, not yet replicated.

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  2. retiredrugger
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    I would like to see future studies comparing structural yield to various metals. Perhaps it's different electron configurations within the metal which influenced the new material's structure....

    I would like to see future studies comparing structural yield to various metals. Perhaps it's different electron configurations within the metal which influenced the new material's structure. Bismuth or gold would make excellent candidates due to their diamagnetic structure; maybe they could create the predicted pentagram structure instead.

    Either way it's an exciting study and I look forward to hearing what we can learn from it, as this will certainly change our approach to predicting new structures.