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buckminsterfullerene, n. Chem.|ˌbʌkmɪnstəˈfʊləriːn|
[f. the name of Richard Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983), U.S. engineer and architect, who designed the geodesic dome + -ene.]
An extremely stable form of carbon whose molecule consists of 60 carbon atoms joined together as a truncated regular icosahedron of 12 pentagons and 20 hexagons, forming a symmetrical spheroidal structure suggestive of the geodesic dome.
1985H. W. Kroto et al. in Nature 14 Nov. 162/1 (title) C60 : buckminsterfullerene. [Ibid. 163/1 We are disturbed at the number of letters and syllables in the rather fanciful but highly appropriate name we have chosen in the title to refer to this C60 species.] 1987Ibid. 26 Feb. 760/1 One of the most aesthetically appealing molecules to be diagnosed in recent years is buckminsterfullerene.., a carbon cluster—more dispassionately called icosahedral C60 . 1991New Scientist 27 Apr. 25/1 A soccer-ball-shaped molecule made of 60 carbon atoms, buckminsterfullerene, can become a superconductor if it is ‘doped’ with a small quantity of potassium atoms. 1992Jrnl. Physical Chem. XCVI. 111 Estimates are presented for the enthalpy changes of Stone–Wales isomerization, of the excision of C2 , C4 , and C6 groups from buckminsterfullerene (BF), and of the excision of C2 from a closely related C62 molecule. |