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Equipment and Supplies > Nanospheres > Fullerenes
... > Technology, Industry, and Agriculture > Manufactured Materials > Nanostructures > Nanoparticles > Nanospheres > Fullerenes
Inorganic Chemicals > Elements > Carbon > Fullerenes

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Fullerenes  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Buckminsterfullerene
  • Buckminsterfullerenes
  • Buckyball
  • Buckyballs

Scope note

  • A polyhedral CARBON structure composed of around 60-80 carbon atoms in pentagon and hexagon configuration. They are named after Buckminster Fuller because of structural resemblance to geodesic domes. Fullerenes can be made in high temperature such as arc discharge in an inert atmosphere.

History note

  • 2003

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D037741

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