However, researchers at MIT have discovered that both these contradictory properties live side by side in a rare form of ...

The model breaks the process of predicting structures into several subtasks ... even though their chemical composition is the same. Graphite and diamond -- both made of pure carbon -- are examples ...

Figure 1: Synthesis of monolithic graphene–graphite structures using heterogeneously ... measurements were conducted with a probe station (model 12561B, Cascade Microtech) equipped with a ...

Figure 1: AFM image and structural model of the graphite oxide (GO ... would require an interior defect site in the graphene structure in order to accommodate the six-membered-ring ether ...

Crystalline structures like graphite have energy bands in what is known as a band structure. In addition to the inherent bulk band structure, there is a special electronic structure on the surface ...

According to the new study, lithium plating can be significantly mitigated by optimizing the microstructure of the graphite negative ... by a pioneering 3D battery model, we can capture when ...

(Nanowerk News) The structure of graphite oxide surprisingly expands when cooled in methanol or ethanol. Also, graphite oxide selectively absorbs methanol from water-methanol mixtures. Two new studies ...

This three-dimensional structure accounts for the physical properties of graphite. Unlike diamond, graphite can be used as a lubricant or in pencils because the layers cleave readily. It is soft ...

However, the same graphite structure fails when it comes to sodium or potassium. Their atoms are simply too big and interactions too complex to slide in and out of graphite's tightly packed layers.