buckminsterfullerenen.
/ˌbʌkmɪnstəˈfʊləriːn/ Chemistry.
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.
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1985 H. W. Kroto et al. in Nature 14 Nov. 162/1 (title) C60: buckminsterfullerene.
1985 H. W. Kroto et al. in Nature 14 Nov. 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.]
1987 Nature 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.
1991 New 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.
1992 Jrnl. Physical Chem. 96 111 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.
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