What are fullerenes ? Name one important fullerence.
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A fullerene is a molecule of carbon in the form of a hollow sphere, ellipsoid, tube, and many other shapes. ... Cylindrical fullerenes are also called carbon nanotubes (buckytubes).
Buckminsterfullerene is one type of fullerene. Its molecules are spherical and contain 60 carbon atoms. Fullerenes may be used for drug delivery systems in the body, in lubricants and as catalysts. The tube fullerenes are called nanotubes.
Buckminsterfullerene is one type of fullerene. Its molecules are spherical and contain 60 carbon atoms. Fullerenes may be used for drug delivery systems in the body, in lubricants and as catalysts. The tube fullerenes are called nanotubes.
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a form of carbon having a large spheroidal molecule consisting of a hollow cage of sixty or more atoms, of which buckminsterfullerene was the first known example. Fullerenes are produced chiefly by the action of an arc discharge between carbon electrodes in an inert atmosphere.
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