William Chops Westfield wrote:
>
> On Apr 22, 2005, at 5:34 AM, Sergio Masci wrote:
>
> > I read this article and on reflection I think you could reasonably
> > argue
> > that it's just a special molecular bond that we've missed up to now.
> >
> Yah.  Once we had buckyballs and carbon nanotubes and such, it makes
> sense that we'd find similar "unnatural" structures with other atoms
> as their basis...
>
> >  an understanding of this bonding
> > process may well lead to breakthroughs in new battery technologies.
>
> And electronics.  Don't forget electronics!  Of all the SF-nal
> applications
> of fancy carbon, it looks to me like electronics of one sort or another
> are further along to actually DOING something...

Yes but I was actually thinking more along the lines of storing energy as a
change from one group to another rather than a physical structure.

e.g.

    Al37   <--->   Al13 + Al23 + Al

Maybe do this with something much more reactive like sodium or lithium.

Could end up making a burning LiPo look like a damp squib :-)

Regards
Sergio Masci

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