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Chemistry World September 19, 2010 Simon Hadlington	One dimensional carbon chains get longer Researchers in Canada have synthesised the longest polyyne to date - a linear chain of carbon atoms.
Chemistry World May 28, 2012 Hayley Birch	Buckyballs grow by gobbling up carbon New insights into the formation of some of chemistry's most iconic molecules - the fullerenes - suggest they grow by 'eating' carbon atoms.
Chemistry World May 30, 2012 Jon Cartwright	Tiny buckyball grown around metal atom An international team of researchers has observed the smallest fullerene to form spontaneously to date using metal atoms for stabilization.
Chemistry World May 9, 2010 Hayley Birch	Filming fullerene formation Real-time, atomic level microscopy has revealed that the round, cage-like structures of fullerenes can form directly from sheets containing large numbers of carbon atoms.
Chemistry World June 25, 2012 Michael Gross	Running Rings Around Molecular Wires New research could open up the possibility of using new carbon compounds as wires in molecular electronics.
Geotimes December 2003 Sara Pratt	Super-hard graphite Compressed graphite does not become diamond, but instead becomes a "super-hard" form of graphite. The new material has many potential industrial applications, for example as a structural component or perhaps for use in high-pressure scientific instruments.
IEEE Spectrum November 2010 Sinitskii & Tour	Graphene Electronics, Unzipped By unrolling tiny carbon tubes, you can produce superthin sheets with truly extraordinary electronic properties
Chemistry World December 18, 2012 Caryl Richards	Boron vapor trail leads to heterofullerenes A team of scientists has developed a simple way to synthesize heterofullerenes -- fullerenes with atoms other than carbon in their structure -- by exposing fullerene to boron vapor during their growth.
Chemistry World July 23, 2012 David Bradley	The buzz about finding new allotropes Researchers in China have homed in on possible new allotropes of carbon, silicon and germanium using a particle swarm structure search technique.
Chemistry World March 21, 2013 Neil Withers	Harry Kroto: From light years to nanometers -- and back My emphasis in the Pittcon plenary lecture is that the discovery of C 60 started off from an interest in massive clouds of gas in interstellar space. You go from these huge objects into the nanoscale world and back again out into space.
Chemistry World July 5, 2009 Simon Hadlington	Novel chemical approach to graphene Researchers in the US have devised a new way to create graphene - sheets of carbon one atom thick that have extraordinary electronic properties - based upon a detailed understanding of the chemical structure of an important precursor of the material, graphite oxide.
Technology Research News December 1, 2004 Eric Smalley	For Pure Nanotubes Add Water Washing away impurities with water turns out to be as good for growing carbon nanotubes as it is for keeping a clean house.
Chemistry World October 5, 2010 Phillip Broadwith	Graphene scoops the physics Nobel This year's Nobel prize for physics has been awarded to Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselov for the discovery of graphene - single-atom-thick layers of carbon.
Chemistry World December 10, 2008 Hayley Birch	New routes to gram-scale graphene Australian researchers have reported making grams of graphene using nothing more complicated than sodium and ethanol
Chemistry World November 2011 Philip Ball	Column: The Crucible Growing graphene by CVD might benefit from an initial injection of hexagonality to start off on the right footing.
Chemistry World January 19, 2011 Yuandi Li	Carbon dioxide clusters cracked by IR Canadian scientists have, for the first time, been able to identify spectroscopically carbon dioxide clusters that could provide valuable information on intermolecular interactions.
Chemistry World November 15, 2006 Michael Gross	Nanoribbons Put Electrons in a Spin A small ribbon made of the carbon honeycomb pattern found in graphite and nanotubes could display intriguing electronic properties and serve as a material for spin-based electronics (spintronics), researchers have predicted.
Chemistry World October 3, 2013 Jon Cartwright	Graphene targets water treatment and carbon capture Researchers in South Korea have demonstrated that a membrane based on graphene and graphene oxide makes an effective filter to separate carbon dioxide from nitrogen gas.
Technology Research News August 13, 2003	Carbon wires expand nano toolkit Scientists looking for building blocks to form electronics and machines that are not much bigger than molecules have gained a new tool.
Chemistry World September 2011	Graphene by the kilo Durham Graphene Science founder Karl Coleman is forging ahead in production of single-layer carbon. Sarah Houlton talks to the 2011 Chemistry World entrepreneur of the year
Chemistry World February 11, 2015 Jon Evans	Calculations predict pentagonal graphene Scientists in China have proposed the existence of a novel 2D allotrope of carbon made up of pentagons, which they have dubbed 'penta-graphene'.
Chemistry World January 28, 2008 Lewis Brindley	Graphene Sheets with Less Flap Researchers in Australia have developed a new way to make graphene, the atom-thin sheets that stack together to make the graphite found in pencil lead.
Technology Research News November 3, 2004 Eric Smalley	Ultrathin carbon speeds circuits Researchers have found that the equivalent of unrolled carbon nanotubes -- sheets of carbon atoms only a few atoms thick -- have comparable electrical properties and are more compatible with today's chipmaking methods. It could be used practically within five years
Chemistry World December 22, 2011 Laura Howes	Artificial hips glide on graphite Metal-on metal hip replacements are lubricated by a layer of graphite, say scientists in the US.
Chemistry World September 1, 2015 Philip Robinson	Dedicated followers of fashion How do we encourage the sort of ranging scientific research that tosses a few contemplative pebbles into the pond, not knowing where the ripples will find the shore?
Technology Research News June 2, 2004	Buckyballs Gain Smaller Kin Researchers from Xiamen University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have constructed a smaller version of the buckyball or C60 fullerene molecule, a spherical cage of carbon atoms.
Chemistry World December 7, 2009 Simon Hadlington	Metal atoms in carbon nanotubes caught on film An international team of researchers has filmed individual metal atoms as they move around and react within the confines of a carbon nanotube.
Chemistry World November 26, 2012 David Bradley	Spotting silicon in graphene, it's dope A combination of scanning transmission electron microscopy and atomic-resolution spectroscopic techniques has allowed US researchers to pick out individual silicon atoms in a doped graphene sheet.
Chemistry World July 7, 2015 Matthew Gunther	Football-sized fullerene gets an electric response A football-sized resonator that can simulate the properties of a carbon fullerene has been created by scientists in Germany.
Reactive Reports David Bradley	Subjective Suboxide Carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide are probably the best known molecules containing just carbon and oxygen, but they do form others, such as carbon suboxide (C3O2), which is one of the most stable.
Chemistry World February 26, 2007 Lionel Milgrom	Nanotubes Sprout Fullerene Buds A new carbon-based hybrid material is set to make an impact on the microelectronics industry. Christened 'nanobuds', the material consists of single-walled carbon nanotubes with football-shaped fullerenes stuck on their outer surfaces.
Reactive Reports Issue 63 David Bradley	Natural Copy Cat While plants convert carbon dioxide into sugar and oxygen, chemists are having a more difficult time finding an efficient method for converting carbon dioxide into useful fuels.
Chemistry World February 21, 2010 Lewis Brindley	Fullerenes break the rules Chinese researchers have made an exotic new family of fullerenes that contain three pentagons fused sequentially in their structure.
Reactive Reports Issue 34 David Bradley	Sandwiched nanotubes Ferrocene-modified carbon nanotubes can separate charge
Chemistry World November 18, 2009 Lewis Brindley	Ironing graphene sheets flat Rather than leaving 'ripples' characteristic of graphene sheets, the technique produces 'ultra flat' graphene which could be very useful for electrical applications.
Chemistry World August 14, 2012 Andy Extance	Carbon clusters score lucky seven US and Chinese chemists say that they've calculated the structure of a stable carbon dication that would have a higher coordination number than any yet seen experimentally.
Chemistry World October 20, 2015 Emma Stoye	Ancient graphite may push start of life back by 300 million years Life on earth may have begun millions of years earlier than previously thought, claim researchers who have measured the carbon isotopes of graphite preserved in a 4.1 billion-year-old mineral.
IndustryWeek August 1, 2005 John Teresko	The History Of Nanotechnology Today's popular excitement about the concept of nanotechnology probably dates back to 1959.
Chemistry World October 12, 2012 Jon Cartwright	An ultralight graphene structure for all seasons Chemists in China claim to have created the lightest graphene framework to date. The material, which is light enough to rest on a dandelion seed head, is also fire resistant and has record-breaking adsorption and capacitance.
Chemistry World November 2, 2011 Phillip Broadwith	Do Carbyne Radicals Really Exist in Aqueous Solution? Carbyne radicals are ejected from molybdenum clusters in water and react together to make lots of organic molecules, including alkynes
Scientific American February 2009 Steven Ashley	Graphene Electronics Inches Closer to Mass Production These carbon nanosheets are considered the future of smaller, faster and cheaper electronics
Chemistry World October 15, 2014 Jennifer Newton	Liming Dai: Integrating nanochemistry into the macroscopic world Liming Dai's expertise lies across the synthesis, chemical modification and device fabrication of conjugated polymers and carbon nanomaterials for energy-related and biomedical applications.
Chemistry World June 17, 2012 Harriet Brewerton	Back to carbon black Scientists in Singapore have discovered the potential of a readily available material that could be used to replace expensive graphene analogues in a wide range of electrochemical processes.
Chemistry World August 13, 2013 Simon Hadlington	New evidence for room temperature graphite superconductivity leaves experts unconvinced Researchers in Germany have presented further evidence for room temperature superconductivity in regions of graphite samples. Other experts, however, remain cautious about the interpretation of the measurements.
Chemistry World December 15, 2010 Hayley Birch	New technique probes electron properties of individual atoms A new, low voltage electron microscopy technique allows scientists to discriminate not just between atoms of different elements but between atoms of the same element in different electronic states.
Chemistry World November 7, 2012 Simon Hadlington	World's first all-carbon solar cell Researchers in the US and China have built a photovoltaic cell made entirely from carbon. The electrodes and light-active layers are made from a combination of three carbon allotropes -- nanotubes, fullerenes and graphene.
Chemistry World December 2, 2010 Laura Howes	Nanotube material retains bounce at extreme Carbon nanotubes can make a rubber like material that remains usable in a temperature range of over one thousand degrees.
Chemistry World November 5, 2009 Lewis Brindley	Playing with 'Russian-doll' fullerenes Chinese chemists have made 'Russian-doll'-style fullerenes, containing three distinct molecules trapped within one another.
Chemistry World September 24, 2012 Simon Hadlington	Raised eyebrows greet graphite superconductivity claim Can graphite treated merely with water become a superconductor at room temperature? This is the extraordinary claim made by scientists in Germany.
Chemistry World March 15, 2012 Jon Cartwright	DVD player burns graphene to disc Chemists in the US have used a standard DVD player to reduce films of graphite oxide to graphene.