Before revision: However, according to H. Kroto, the properties and synthetic methods used in those studies are consistent with generation of fullerenes.Kasatockin V.I., Koudryavtsev Y.P, Sladkov A.M, Korshak V.V Inventor's sertification , N°107 (07/12/1971), priority date 06/11/1960 Another 1995 report claimed detection of carbyne chains of indeterminate length in a layer of carbonized material, about thick, resulting from the reaction of solid polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE, Teflon) immersed in alkali metal amalgam at ambient temperature (with no hydrogen-bearing species present).
After revision: However, according to H. Kroto, the properties and synthetic methods used in those studies are consistent with generation of fullerenes.Kasatockin V.I., Koudryavtsev Y.P, Sladkov A.M, Korshak V.V Inventor's certification , N°107 (07/12/1971), priority date 06/11/1960 Another 1995 report claimed detection of carbyne chains of indeterminate length in a layer of carbonized material, about thick, resulting from the reaction of solid polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE, Teflon) immersed in alkali metal amalgam at ambient temperature (with no hydrogen-bearing species present).