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Acta Crystallogr B Struct Sci Cryst Eng Mater
; 72(Pt 4): 634-41, 2016 08 01.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27484383
RESUMO
A new family of three-dimensional hydrocarbon polymers which are more energetically favorable than benzene is proposed. Although structurally these polymers are closely related to well known diamond and lonsdaleite carbon structures, using topological arguments we demonstrate that they have no known structural analogs. Topological considerations also give some indication of possible methods of synthesis. Taking into account their exceptional optical, structural and mechanical properties these polymers might have interesting applications.