Scientists made a Möbius strip out of a tiny carbon nanobelt
The new twist on nanocarbon joins other structures including nanotubes and buckyballs
![an illustration of a band of carbon atoms that has only one side, like a Möbius strip](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/052322_ec_mobius-carbon_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
A band of carbon atoms (located at the corner of each hexagon in this illustration) twists to form a tiny Möbius strip. Colors highlight the twisting behavior of the band, with the yellow flipping from one side to the other.
Y. Segawa et al/Nature Synthesis 2022