School of Earth and Space Science, Peking University,Beijing 100871,China; 2.URCOM/UFRST,Université du Havre,76058 Le Havre,France; 3.Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Mulhouse/Université de Haute Alsace,68093 Mulhouse,France
The existence, stability and synthesis of carbyne are reviewed and discussed briefly. The stability is related to the type of carbyne, atmosphere and environment. It is proposed that carbyne can be stabilized by some potential techniques such as end-lapping oligoynes, carbyne intercalation compounds, etc.