Carbide - Related Materials

Related Materials

In addition to the carbides, other groups of related carbon compounds exist:

  • graphite intercalation compounds
  • alkali metal fullerides
  • endohedral fullerenes, where the metal atom is encapsulated within a fullerene molecule
  • metallacarbohedrenes(met-cars) which are cluster compounds containing C2 units.
  • tunable nanoporous carbon, where gas chlorination of metallic carbides removes metal molecules to form a highly porous, near-pure carbon material capable of high-density energy storage.
  • Transition metal carbene complexes.

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