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

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 combinations of exotic properties that are inaccessible via conventional search methods.