title: Novamene: A new class of carbon allotropes.
abstract: We announce a new class of carbon allotropes. The basis of this new classification resides on the concept of combining hexagonal diamond (sp3bonded carbon - lonsdaleite) and ring carbon (sp2bonded carbon - graphene). Since hexagonal diamond acts as an insulator and sp2bonded rings act as conductors, these predicted materials have potential applications for transistors and other electronic components. We describe the structure of a proposed series of carbon allotropes,novamene, and carry out a detailed computational analysis of the structural and electronic properties of the simplest compound in this class: the single-ring novamene. In addition, we suggest how hundreds of different allotropes of carbon could be constructed within this class.
authors.affiliation: Alfields, Inc. PO Box 3091, Richland, WA 99354, USA.
authors.forename: Larry A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Burchfield
authors.affiliation: Alfields, Inc. PO Box 3091, Richland, WA 99354, USA.
authors.forename: Mohamed Al
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Fahim
authors.affiliation: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Blvd, Richland, WA 99354, USA.
authors.forename: Richard S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Wittman
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 16, I-20133 Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Delodovici
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 16, I-20133 Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Manini
keywords: Chemistry; Materials science