February 3, 2015

Penta-graphene, a new structural variant of carbon, discovered




(Feb.3, '15)  The unique structure of the thin sheet of pure carbon was inspired by pentagonal tile pattern found in the streets of Cairo.

Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University and universities in China and Japan have discovered a new structural variant of carbon called "penta-graphene" – a very thin sheet of pure carbon that has a unique structure inspired by a pentagonal pattern of tiles found paving the streets of Cairo.