The various forms of carbon (diamond, graphite, buckyball, and the mighty nanotube) now welcome a new sibling: nanofoam. According to PhysicsWeb:
Physicists in Greece, Australia and Russia have made a new form of carbon that has the lowest density ever reported for a solid - just 2 milligrams per cubic centimetre. The material is a nano-foam of carbon clusters and is the first form of pure carbon to display ferromagnetism, albeit temporary, at room temperature.
Welcome to the family!
Comments (1)
cool thanks! wonder if it'll be more insulative than aerogel? :D
Posted by reflexorset | March 25, 2004 8:32 PM
Posted on March 25, 2004 20:32