buckminsterfullerene
Sixty-atom carbon ball
Buckminsterfullerene is a molecule consisting of sixty carbon atoms arranged in a hollow sphere resembling a soccer ball.
Named after architect Buckminster Fuller, whose geodesic domes share the structure's geometry.
Often shortened to buckyball.
The discovery opened the field of fullerene chemistry, with applications in materials science and nanotechnology.
Cage-shaped carbon allotrope
- carbonSixth element, atomic symbol C
- sp2 hybridizationThree equivalent orbital mixing
- aromaticityCyclic pi-electron stabilization
- organic chemistryStudy of carbon compounds
solubility · electrochemistry · antioxidant · reduction · oxidation
Matter at billionth-meter scale
- nanoscienceStudy of atomic-scale phenomena
- nanoparticlesUltrafine material fragments
- nanotubesHollow molecular cylinders
- grapheneMonolayer carbon hexagonal lattice
nanomedicine · drug delivery · nanoelectronics · quantum dots · photovoltaics · thin films · self-assembly · biocompatible
Having multiple flat faces
Triangular-lattice spherical structure
- tensegrityStructure balanced by pull
- architecturalRelating to building design
- biosphereAll life on Earth
- triangulationLocation via three points
Highest academic honor
- 1985Specific calendar year
- mass spectrometryMeasures ionic weight ratios
- sootCarbon from incomplete burning
- interstellarBetween celestial bodies
fullerene
Cage-shaped carbon allotrope
- carbonSixth element, atomic symbol C
- sp2 hybridizationThree equivalent orbital mixing
- aromaticityCyclic pi-electron stabilization
organic chemistry · solubility · electrochemistry · antioxidant · reduction · oxidation
nanomaterial
Matter at billionth-meter scale
- nanoscienceStudy of atomic-scale phenomena
- nanoparticlesUltrafine material fragments
- nanotubesHollow molecular cylinders
graphene · nanomedicine · drug delivery · nanoelectronics · quantum dots · photovoltaics · thin films · self-assembly · biocompatible · solar cells
polyhedral
Having multiple flat faces
geodesic dome
Triangular-lattice spherical structure
- tensegrityStructure balanced by pull
- architecturalRelating to building design
- biosphereAll life on Earth
Nobel Prize
Highest academic honor
- 1985Specific calendar year
- mass spectrometryMeasures ionic weight ratios
- sootCarbon from incomplete burning
- Carboncarbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, graphite, diamond, diamonds
- 3D shapescube, sphere, cone, cylinder, pyramid
- carbon formsgraphite, diamond, diamonds, fullerene, graphene
- Nanotechnanoparticle, nanotube, nanowire, nanostructure, nanomaterial
- Fused Ringsnaphthalene, indole, purine, coumarin, flavone
- nanocarbonfullerene, carbon nanotube, graphene, nanotube, nanodiamond
buckminsterfullerenegraphite
Crystalline carbon allotrope
diamond · coal · charcoal · carbon black · lonsdaleite