Penta-Graphene Model (IMAGE)

Virginia Commonwealth University

Penta-Graphene Model

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The newly discovered material, called penta-graphene, is a single layer of carbon pentagons that resembles the Cairo tiling, and that appears to be dynamically, thermally and mechanically stable.

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Virginia Commonwealth University

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