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Chemistry: The trials of new carbon

Researchers have spent 25 years exploring the remarkable properties of fullerenes, carbon nanotubes and graphene. But commercializing them is neither quick nor easy.

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Van Noorden, R. Chemistry: The trials of new carbon. Nature 469, 14–16 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/469014a

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