In this episode, Dr Sunayana Bhargava and Tulela Pea explore the properties of giant covalent structures including diamond, graphite and polymers such as polythene. Suitable for: AQA, Edexcel, OCR.

Interwoven supramolecular structures are often held up as examples of beauty in chemistry, but these assemblies can be fragile depending on the environments they are exposed to. Post-assembly covalent ...

The existence of a compound made of silicon and carbon was predicted by Berzelius in 1824, and the first successful synthesis of silicon carbide (SiC; moissanite) was achieved 70 years later 1.

Chinese scientists have synthesized a "super diamond" that is 40 percent harder than natural diamonds and exhibits high thermal stability, a breakthrough that could enhance the performance of ...