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Bookmark or Share- Buckminsterfullerene - WikipediaThe idea was quickly rationalized as the basis of an icosahedral symmetry closed cage structure. [11] Kroto, Curl, and Smalley were awarded the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their roles in the discovery of buckminsterfullerene and the related class of molecules, the fullerenes.
- Fullerene | Definition, Properties, Uses, & Facts | BritannicaFullerene, any of a series of hollow carbon molecules that form either a closed cage (‘buckyballs’) or a cylinder (carbon ‘nanotubes’). The first fullerene was discovered in 1985 by Sir Harold W. Kroto, Richard E. Smalley, and Robert F. Curl, Jr., for which the trio won the 1996 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
- What are buckyballs and where do they come from? New study ...Buckyballs are the rule-breakers of chemistry. These strange molecules are made up of 60 carbon atoms, fused together in a soccer-ball shape. For years, scientists assumed they could only...
- Buckyballs (C60) - UnderstandingNanoBuckyballs, also called fullerenes, were one of the first nanoparticles discovered. This discovery happened in 1985 by a trio of researchers working out of Rice University named Richard Smalley, Harry Kroto, and Robert Curl. Buckyballs are composed of carbon atoms linked to three other carbon atoms by covalent bonds.
- Buckyball: The Magic Molecule - Popular ScienceIt is the only molecule of a single element to form a spherical cage. The molecule’s official name is buckminsterfullerene, because it is shaped like the geodesic dome invented by that American...
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