Buckyballs, nanotubes, and graphene sheets have been the way of the future for *decades* but so far, the science just hasn’t lived up to the hype. Yet there are new carbon structures that pop up about once a year claiming to be the next big thing. So… how far are we actually from carbon structures revolutionizing the world and finally bringing us jetpacks?
#carbon #graphene #buckyballs

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Buckyballs – “Magic Molecules” PopSci Article
https://www.popsci.com/buckyball-magic-molecule/

Original Buckyballs paper
https://www.nature.com/articles/318162a0

Uses of Fullerenes
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NYTimes article on Buckyballs’ “growing pains” from 2000
https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/10/science/a-prodigious-molecule-and-its-growing-pains.html

1991 Science Magazine Molecule of the Year
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Grow your own nanotubes
https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/08/21/133477/grow-your-own-nanotubes/

Nanotubes uses and creation
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Semiconductors
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Chemical vapor deposition
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How to make graphene
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Graphene facts and uses
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Twistronics
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Sheets of buckyballs
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Will graphene power our world soon?
https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/semiconductors/our-insights/graphene-the-next-s-curve-for-semiconductors