For the design of future materials, it is important to understand how the individual atoms inside a material interact with each other quantum mechanically. Previously inexplicable vibrational states between carbon chains (carbyne) and nanotubes have puzzled materials scientists. Researchers from Austria, Italy, France, China and Japan lead by the University of Vienna have now succeeded in getting to the bottom of this phenomenon with the help of Raman spectroscopy, innovative theoretical models and the use of machine learning. The results published in "Nature Communications" show the universal applicability of carbyne as a sensor due to its sensitivity to external influences.Exotic Vibrations in New Materials
June 02, 2025
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For the design of future materials, it is important to understand how the individual atoms inside a material interact with each other quantum mechanically. Previously inexplicable vibrational states between carbon chains (carbyne) and nanotubes have puzzled materials scientists. Researchers from Austria, Italy, France, China and Japan lead by the University of Vienna have now succeeded in getting to the bottom of this phenomenon with the help of Raman spectroscopy, innovative theoretical models and the use of machine learning. The results published in "Nature Communications" show the universal applicability of carbyne as a sensor due to its sensitivity to external influences.
