Pseudo-topotactic conversion of carbon nanotubes to T-carbon nanowires under picosecond laser irradiation in methanol by Jinying Zhang, Rui Wang, Xi Zhu, Aifei Pan, Chenxiao Han, Xin Li, Dan Zhao, Chuansheng Ma, Wenjun Wang, Haibin Su, Chunming Niu

“…T-carbon is a previously predicted but so far unobserved allotrope of carbon, with a crystal structure similar to diamond, but with each atomic lattice position replaced by a carbon tetrahedron. …”
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Are Carbon Nanotubes a Naturally Occurring Material? Hints from Methane CVD Using Lava as a Catalyst by Mracek, J, Fagan, R, Stengelin, R, Hesjedal, T

“…Although this growth route lacks ef-ficiency, it provides evidence for the claim that SWNTs are a natural allotrope of carbon and that volcanoes may provide an environment for their synthesis. © 2011 Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.…”

Synthesis of hexamethylene diisocyanate-functionalized graphene oxide for solar cell applications by Luceño J A, Díez-Pascual A M, Peña R, García-Díaz P

“…Graphene (G), an allotrope of carbon with exceptional optical, electronic, thermal and mechanical properties, and its oxidized form graphene oxide (GO), show huge potential for a broad range of applications. …”
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A first principles investigation on the structural, mechanical, electronic, and catalytic properties of biphenylene by Yi Luo, Chongdan Ren, Yujing Xu, Jin Yu, Sake Wang, Minglei Sun

“…Abstract Recently, a new two-dimensional allotrope of carbon (biphenylene) was experimentally synthesized. …”
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Tunable thermal properties of the biphenylene and the lateral heterostructure formed with graphene: A molecular dynamics investigation by Qiang Cui, Kai Ren, Ruxing Zheng, Qiuhua Zhang, Luxin Yu, Jianping Li

“…Recently, biphenylene was successfully synthesized as a novel allotrope of carbon. In this investigation, non-equilibrium molecular dynamics calculations are conducted to explore the intrinsic thermal properties of biphenylene. …”
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Graphene, Graphene-Derivatives and Composites: Fundamentals, Synthesis Approaches to Applications by Dibyani Sahu, Harekrushna Sutar, Pragyan Senapati, Rabiranjan Murmu, Debashis Roy

“…Graphene is an allotrope of carbon having one atom thick size and planar sheets thickly stuffed in a lattice structure resembling a honeycomb structure. …”
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Graphene on Silicon Photonics: Light Modulation and Detection for Cutting-Edge Communication Technologies by Siqi Yan, Jeremy Adcock, Yunhong Ding

“…Graphene—a two-dimensional allotrope of carbon in a single-layer honeycomb lattice nanostructure—has several distinctive optoelectronic properties that are highly desirable in advanced optical communication systems. …”
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Chains of carbon atoms: A vision or a new nanomaterial? by Florian Banhart

“…Since graphene, as the two-dimensional sp2-bonded allotrope of carbon, has become a vast field, the question about the importance of one-dimensional carbon became of renewed interest. …”
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Fabrication of graphene transistor in a microfluidic channel. by Govindharajulu Priya.

“…Additionally, discovery of graphene in 2004, which is a two-dimensional allotrope of carbon, brought new concepts and applications in biology as well as semiconductor industry to overcome the limitations of silicon based operations. …”
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Masked alkynes for synthesis of threaded carbon chains by Patrick, CW, Gao, Y, Gupta, P, Thompson, AL, Parker, AW, Anderson, HL

“…As they become longer, they evolve towards carbyne, the 1D allotrope of carbon, and they become increasingly unstable. …”

SEM and TEM data of nuclear graphite and glassy carbon microstructures by José David Arregui-Mena, Robert N. Worth, William Bodel, Benjamin März, Wenjing Li, Aaron Selby, Anne A. Campbell, Cristian Contescu, Philip D. Edmondson, Nidia Gallego

“…The manuscript also contains some data of glassy carbon, an allotrope of carbon that shares similarities with some of the chaotic structures in nuclear graphite. …”
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Pseudo-topotactic conversion of carbon nanotubes to T-carbon nanowires under picosecond laser irradiation in methanol by Zhang, Jinying, Wang, Rui, Zhu, Xi, Pan, Aifei, Han, Chenxiao, Li, Xin, Dan Zhao, Ma, Chuansheng, Wang, Wenjun, Su, Haibin, Niu, Chunming

“…Here, a previously predicted but experimentally unobserved carbon allotrope, T-carbon, has been produced from pseudo-topotactic conversion of a multi-walled carbon nanotube suspension in methanol by picosecond pulsed-laser irradiation. …”
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Structure and properties of graphullerene: a semiconducting two-dimensional C60 crystal by Uri Argaman, Guy Makov

“…Abstract Graphullerene is a recently discovered, two-dimensional allotrope of carbon formed from C60 molecules. It has been synthesized in the form (C60Mg4)n and subsequently transformed into (C60)n by removal of the Mg atoms. …”
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Application of polyoxometalate/carbon nitride nanotubes nanocomposite for directly methanol oxidation by Mehmet Lütfi Yola

“…Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) is carbon allotrope among carbon based nanomaterials. It consists of C−N bonds in π-based polymer. …”
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Analytical investigation of bilayer lipid biosensor based on graphene by Akbari, Elnaz, Buntat, Zolkafle, Shahraki, Elmira, Parvaz, Ramtin, Kiani, Mohammad Javad

“…Graphene is another allotrope of carbon with two-dimensional monolayer honeycomb. …”

Recent Advances in Chemical Functionalisation of Graphene and Sensing Applications by Ijeomah, Geoffrey, Fahmi, Samsuri, Obite, Felix, Mohamad Adzhar, Md Zawawi

“…Graphene, a one-atom-thick, sp2-hybridised allotrope of carbon has attracted massive interest due to its outstanding electrical, mechanical, thermal and optical properties. …”
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Comparative Analytical Modeling and Performance Investigation of Graphene-Based Super Capacitor with Four Traditional Batteries by Arsal Mehmood

“…It is nothing but a graphite two-dimensional (2D) allotropic pure carbon layer which is derived from a three-dimensional (3D) shape. …”
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Mechanical behaviors of T-carbon : a molecular dynamics study by Bai, Lichun, Sun, Ping-Ping, Liu, Bo, Liu, Zishun, Zhou, Kun

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Fabrication and characterization of carbon nanotube based biosensor by Yip, Jianqing.

“…Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are categorized as a new allotrope of carbon from fullerene family, which will revolutionalize the future nanotechnological devices. …”
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Laser engineering nanocarbon phases within diamond for science and electronics by Salter, PS, Villar, MP, Lloret, F, Reyes, DF, Krueger, M, Henderson, CS, Araujo, D, Jackman, RB

“…Diamond, as the densest allotrope of carbon, displays a range of exemplary material properties that are attractive from a device perspective. …”