buck·min·ster·ful·ler·ene

(bŭk′mĭn-stər-fo͝ol′ə-rēn′)

An extremely stable, ball-shaped carbon molecule, C₆₀, reminiscent of a geodesic dome, and believed to occur naturally in soot. It was the first fullerene to be discovered. Also called buckyball.

[After Richard Buckminster Fuller.]

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buckminsterfullerene

(ˌbʌkmɪnstəˈfʊləˌriːn)

(Elements & Compounds) a form of carbon that contains molecules having 60 carbon atoms arranged at the vertices of a polyhedron with hexagonal and pentagonal faces. It is produced in carbon arcs and occurs naturally in small amounts in certain minerals

[C20: named after Buckminster Fuller]

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buck•min•ster•ful•ler•ene

(ˌbʌk mɪn stərˈfʊl əˌrin)
n.

the form of fullerene having sixty carbon atoms.

[1985; see fullerene]

buck·min·ster·ful·ler·ene

(bŭk′mĭn-stər-fo͝ol′ə-rēn′)

An extremely stable, ball-shaped carbon molecule, C₆₀, whose structure looks like a geodesic dome. It is believed to occur naturally in soot. Also called buckyball. See Note at carbon.

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buckminsterfullerene - a spheroidal fullerene; the first known example of a fullerene

buckyball

fullerene - a form of carbon having a large molecule consisting of an empty cage of sixty or more carbon atoms

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The first fullerene to be discovered, and the family's namesake, buckminsterfullerene ([C.sub.60]), was prepared in 1985 by R.

Theoretical semi-empirical study of the glycine molecule interaction with fullerene [C.sub.60]

It is noticeable that the corresponding centrosymmetric spherical fullerene of the projective fullerene in Figure 8(c) is the famous buckminsterfullerene [C.sub.60].

Clar structure and fries set of fullerenes and (4,6)-fullerenes on surfaces

Smalley, "C60: Buckminsterfullerene", Nature, 318, 162-163 (1985).

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Program Professor: James Rawlins Research Project: Synthesis and characterization of conductive block copolymers of polythiophene and buckminsterfullerene for use in flexible organic photovoltaics.

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Since the discovery of fullerenes (including buckminsterfullerene, [C.sub.60]), the physical and chemical properties of this new allotropic carbon form have been investigated extensively [1-3].

Preparation of polyaniline-doped fullerene whiskers

Washington, Apr 19 ( ANI ): Researchers have shed new light into the war on aging, insisting that 'The Fountain of Youth' may all have to do with Buckminsterfullerene, a molecule composed of 60 carbon atoms, bonded together in the shape of a geodesic sphere.

Fountain of youth 'may be less divine than we think'

The first, called buckminsterfullerene, came to light in 1985 and also won its discoverers the Nobel Prize for Physics.

Size is everything: seven years after its discovery, the potential of graphene, which is just one atom thick and has enormous conductive properties, is still being realised

(37) A famous example is the accidental discovery in 1985 of buckminsterfullerene, a remarkably stable cluster of sixty carbon atoms resembling a geodesic dome.

Atypical inventions

[C.sub.60]: Buckminsterfullerene. Nature, 318:162-163, 1985.

Generation of cubic graphs