Download or read book Polyynes written by Franco Cataldo and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2005-08-29 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Polyynes: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications compiles information found scattered throughout the literature in inorganic, organic, and polymer chemistry into one cohesive volume. In addition to being a precursor of fullerenes, polyynes are one of the key precursors in the formation of soot and carbon dust, or elemental carbon in the gal