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Wednesday, July 08, 2020

Pentadiamonds

Weird new 'pentadiamonds' could be ultrahard, ultralight and conduct electricity

a ball and stick model of a pentadiamond
(Image: © Susumu Okada)
What's lighter than a diamond, almost as hard and could zip with electricity? A pentadiamond — a crystalline arrangement of carbon atoms that is made up mostly of pentagons. 

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