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AI-driven framework uncovers new carbon structures—one thought to be harder than diamond

Through new improvements to existing AI models, researchers in China have created a framework that can methodically identify useful new forms of solid carbon. With their approach, Zhibin Gao and colleagues at Xi'an Jiaotong University hope that numerous new materials could be discovered, exhibiting...

AI-driven framework uncovers new carbon structures—one thought to be harder than diamond
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Through new improvements to existing AI models, researchers in China have created a framework that can methodically identify useful new forms of solid carbon. With their approach, Zhibin Gao and colleagues at Xi'an Jiaotong University hope that numerous new materials could be discovered, exhibiting combinations of exotic properties that are inaccessible via conventional search methods.

Originally published at Phys.org

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