buckyball

Hollow carbon molecule

A buckyball is a spherical molecule made entirely of carbon atoms arranged in a pattern of hexagons and pentagons, like a soccer ball.

The most common form contains sixty carbon atoms.

The name honors architect Buckminster Fuller, whose geodesic domes share the structure.

Also called buckminsterfullerene or fullerene.

fullerene

fullerene

Cage-shaped carbon allotrope

carbonSixth element, atomic symbol C
hexagonsSix-sided closed figures
pentagonsFive-sided closed figures

van der Waals · solubility · synthesis · polyhedral · stable · aromatic · hollow · chemical stability · photochemistry · reduction

nanotech

nanotechnology

Atomic-scale manipulation science

nanomaterialMatter at billionth-meter scale
nanotubesHollow molecular cylinders
grapheneMonolayer carbon hexagonal lattice

nanoscale · self-assembly · drug delivery · nanomedicine · biocompatibility · nanoelectronics · superconductivity · photovoltaics · lubricant · antioxidant

geodesic

geodesic dome

Triangular-lattice spherical structure

trianglesThree-sided plane figures
hexagonsSix-sided closed figures
pentagonsFive-sided closed figures

tensegrity · polyhedron · truss · spaceframe · lattice · structural · facets · modular · icosahedral symmetry · architectural

Categories

Carboncarbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, graphite, diamond, diamonds
carbon formsgraphite, diamond, diamonds, fullerene, graphene
Nanotechnanoparticle, nanotube, nanowire, nanostructure, nanomaterial
nanocarbonfullerene, carbon nanotube, graphene, nanotube, nanodiamond
Supramolecular Chemistryencapsulation, self-assembly, capsule, receptor, binding site
atomic clustersiron-sulfur cluster

Opposites

carbon allotrope structure

buckyballgraphite

Crystalline carbon allotrope

diamond · graphene · charcoal · coal · carbon nanotube

molecular geometry

buckyballflat sheet

Unshaped bed covering

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