Science class may have taught you the several naturally-occurring forms of the element carbon (C): diamond and graphite. There are a few artificial allotropes of carbon too: buckyballs, carbon nanotubes, and graphene. There is, however, another artificial allotrope—and its quirky name belies its tantalizing properties.
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