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Buckminsterfullerene is a type of
fullerene with the
formula C60. It has a cage-like fused-ring
structure (truncated icosahedron) made of
twenty hexagons...
- not
produce true
amorphous carbon under normal conditions. The
buckminsterfullerenes, or
usually just
fullerenes or
buckyballs for short, were discovered...
- of n
there may be more than one isomer. The
family is
named after buckminsterfullerene (C60), the most
famous member,
which in turn is
named after Buckminster...
- inorganic.
Examples include the
allotropes of
carbon (graphite, diamond,
buckminsterfullerene, graphene, etc.),
carbon monoxide CO,
carbon dioxide CO2, carbides...
- single-molecule car
developed by a
chemical process and
including Buckminsterfullerenes (buckyballs) for wheels. It is
actuated by
controlling the environmental...
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pentagons and 20
hexagons of
carbon atoms.
Kroto named the
molecule buckminsterfullerene,
after Buckminster Fuller who had
conceived of the
geodesic domes...
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Fullerides are
chemical compounds containing fullerene anions.
Common fullerides are
derivatives of the most
common fullerenes, i.e. C60 and C70. The scope...
- osmium. OsO4
allowed for the
confirmation of the
soccer ball
model of
buckminsterfullerene, a 60-atom
carbon allotrope. The adduct,
formed from a derivative...
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Propene Propionitrile Ten
atoms or more
Acetone Benzene Benzonitrile Buckminsterfullerene (C60, C60+, fullerene, buckyball)
Butyronitrile C70
fullerene Cyanodecapentayne...
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Prize in
Chemistry in 1996 for the
discovery of the
nanomaterial buckminsterfullerene, and
hence the
fullerene class of materials,
along with
Richard Smalley...
