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Science 19 May 2006:
Vol. 312. no. 5776, pp. 1009 - 1110
DOI: 10.1126/science.1125999
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CHEMISTRY:
Dangerously Seeking Linear Carbon

Ray H. Baughman

It has been problematic to produce linear carbon molecules because key reactants are highly unstable and can explode. A solid state polymerization reaction avoids this problem and allows synthesis of these elusive products.

The author is at the Nanotech Institute, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA. E-mail: ray.baughman{at}utdallas.edu

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Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)