New Graphene Story of Old Amorphous Carbon

Dear Colleagues,

Graphene, as an exclusive object of modern materials science, has drastically changed the understanding of the physics and chemistry of solid carbon. This typhoon revealed a special type of 2D crystalline substance to the world and lead to a revolutionary change in views on its amorphous counterpart. The matter is about material known to humankind since the first decomposed bonfire, which left behind black soot and charcoal. Today, this applies to billions (anthracite coal), millions (shungite carbon), and thousands (anthraxolite and black carbon coatings, which are presented everywhere and accompany almost all minerals in nature) of tons of only discovered natural deposits and hundreds of millions of tons of synthetic black carbon produced industrially. This black-carbon richness has a unique common basis and has presented nanoscale molecular compositions of hexagonal honeycomb structures of carbon atoms framed by various necklaces formed by oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, sulfur, halogen, and other atoms.  The framed graphene molecules vary in size and shape, as well as differ in the chemical components of the necklaces depending on the history or method of origin and/or production.

The present Special Issue on “New Graphene Story of Old Amorphous Carbon” will highlight the forefront of research of amorphous carbon from fundamentals to applications, spanning physics, chemistry, biology, and geology of both per sci products and commercial developments of per tech ones. The issue will include synthesis and structural studies; chemistry and electrochemistry; electrical and optical properties; a variety of spectroscopy; thermal, magnetic, and mechanical properties; theory and computational simulations; assembling of devices (constructed from of the black); energy storage; biomedical and other applications; and cosmic carbons.

Prof. Dr. Elena Sheka
Prof. Dr. Maria Letizia Terranova
Guest Editors

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