Diamonds may be forever, but are some other forms of carbon merely passing fads? Stuart Cantrill considers why carbon often seems to be a chemist's best friend.
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Cantrill, S. Carbon-based curiosities. Nature Chem 1, 170–171 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.219
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