Conduction has been one of the main barriers to further improvements in Li-ion batteries
and is expected to remain so for the foreseeable future. In an effort to gain a better …

This review provides a discussion of the current state of research on linear carbon structures
and related materials based on sp-hybridization of carbon atoms (polyynes and cumulenes) …

In this paper, the experimental and theoretical results that may give an insight into the
current status and possible prospects of the family of (sp1+ sp2) hybridized carbon …

Beginning with an introduction to carbon-based nanomaterials, their electronic properties,
and general concepts in quantum transport, this detailed primer describes the most effective …

Since the first observation of fullerene nearly three decades ago, allotropes of carbon,
including carbon nanotube and graphene, have been the focus of considerable research …

Besides graphite and diamond, the solid allotropes of carbon in sp2 and sp3 hybridization,
the possible existence of a third allotrope based on the sp-carbon linear chain, the carbyne …

Carbonaceous nanomaterials are widely considered in energy conversion and storage
applications owing to special structures and chemical-physical properties as well as …

Molecules composed of a contiguous sequence of double bonds, the [n] cumulenes, share
structural similarities to both of their conjugated relatives, the polyenes and polyynes. The …

One-dimensional (1D) materials are potential hydrogen storage candidates due to their low
density, large surface area, and high structural stability. Taking into consideration a study …

First-principles and non-equilibrium Green's function approaches are used to predict spin-
polarized electronic transport in monatomic carbon chains covalently connected to …