An STM consists of an oscillating metallic tip that scans the surface of a sample while hovering about 1 nanometre above it. Electrons quantum mechanically tunnel across this tiny gap and the size of ...

A new "graphene-based" material that helps solve the structure of graphite oxide and could lead to other potential discoveries of the one-atom thick substance called graphene, which has applications ...

Last month we heard about a brand new solid form of carbon, separate to the graphite and diamond forms that we already know so well. Called Q-Carbon because of the way that it is created (carbon is ...

Radiation effects in carbon materials have received considerable attention over the years, particularly the damaging effects of neutrons on graphite in a nuclear reactor 1. This interest originally ...

Converting graphite into diamond has been a long held dream of alchemists the world over. In the modern era, materials scientists have puzzled over this process because it’s hard to work out why the ...