{"id":130109,"date":"2026-10-22T14:23:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T08:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=130109"},"modified":"2026-10-22T14:23:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T08:53:02","slug":"diamondiyne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/diamondiyne\/","title":{"rendered":"Diamondiyne"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>\u00a0Diamondiyne Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, scientists have created a new form of carbon called diamondiyne.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Diamondiyne<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a newly synthesized, <\/span><b>three-dimensional carbon allotrope.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It consists of <\/span><b>a three-dimensional network of carbon atoms<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that resembles a diamond but with a more open structure.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is created using <\/span><b>relatively inexpensive equipment<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with the material forming as a thin film where two liquids meet.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The researchers describe <\/span><b>diamondiyne as a carbo-mer of diamond:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> diyne units are inserted between carbon centres in the diamond-topology network, expanding the structure.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Structure<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diamondiyne <\/span><b>crystallizes with the carbon atoms<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> arranged as <\/span><b>tetrahedra connected corner to corner<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in all three dimensions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It preserves <\/span><b>the overall diamond-like topology<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> but incorporates <\/span><b>carbon atoms<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with different bonding arrangements.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ideal diamondiyne model has a <\/span><b>face-centred cubic crystal structure<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with sp and sp\u00b3 carbon in an 8-to-1 ratio.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The structure combines <\/span><b>sp-hybridised carbon atoms<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which participate <\/span><b>in triple bonds<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with <\/span><b>sp\u00b3-hybridised carbon<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> atoms connected <\/span><b>through single bonds.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>resulting diyne groups expand the repeating network<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> compared with diamond, creating more space within the structure. (The \u2018y\u2019 in the material\u2019s name comes from the presence of carbon-carbon triple bonds.)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/newsletter\/newsletter-science\/science-for-all-newsletter-new-form-of-carbon-found-diamondiyne\/article71607112.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Diamondiyne is a newly synthesized, three-dimensional carbon allotrope. 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