50 year quest ends with creation of silicon aromatic once thought impossible

Major scientific advances often require patience, and this discovery is a prime example. After nearly 50 years of theory and repeated failed attempts by research groups around the world, David Scheschkewitz, Professor of General and Inorganic Chemistry at Saarland University, and his doctoral student Ankur -- collaborating with Bernd Morgenstern from Saarland University's X-Ray Diffraction Service Centre -- have achieved a long sought breakthrough. Their findings have been publishe...