A new form of carbon has been found

 

 

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The researchers of Aalto University have found a new form of carbon, called the biphenylene network, and that material can challenge graphene as the material of extremely strong layer. The biphenylene network is similar to graphene except it has two types of geometrical structures, the hexagons, and octagons.

The biphenylene network can create on an absolute slight gold layer, and it can be easier to make than graphene. The leaf gold can be used for that purpose. Or the entire layer can cover by using single-layer gold atoms. But if that biphenylene network can be formed over other metals, that thing can make the revolution for material research. There is the possibility that the biphenylene network can put easier to cover the entire layer, and if that thing is possible, this material will be a good challenger for graphene.  

The problem with 2-D ultra-strong layers is that the carbon must cover the entire layer. And the confirmation about the covering must be done by using a scanning tunneling microscope or some other similar microscope, which uses smaller particles for scanning the layers and making sure that the carbon network covers the entire layer.  

Image 2)Graphene is an atomic-scale hexagonal lattice made of carbon atoms. (Wikipedia, Graphene)

The form of graphene is normally hexagonal and the graphene layers can theoretically form by spraying ionized benzene rings on layers, and the problem is that the hydrogen must be removed from that carbon ring. The only problematic thing when large layers are covered is that the carbon rings must cover every place on the layer.

Theoretically, those carbon rings can deliver over the layer by using similar technology with spray paint. The carbon rings can load with the electric load, and the target layer will load with opposite polar electricity, and then the electricity will transport and connect those carbon rings to the layer. But practical solutions with these kinds of things are harder to make than we expect. The graphene must be at a laying position, that the 2D carbon layer can be effective.

Sources
()https://www.aalto.fi/en/news/a-new-form-of-carbon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphene

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