Stable fabrication of 1D carbon atom chain carbyne, which unlike graphene has a semiconductor gap, useful for building transistors

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1083267

"incredibly strong for being so thin... easily bends/ snaps on itself making fabrication nearly impossible, overcome using scalable, fast/ efficient method: cheap solvent ammonium cholate gentle starting material used for growing carbyne at much lower temperature, then encased in single-walled carbon nanotube protective shell keeping it stable... low cost/ high yield... doesn't bond to nanotube walls... excitable quantum materials, which could lead to entirely new technologies... computing, nanotechnology"