buckminsterfullerene

English

Etymology

from Richard Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome

Noun

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Fullerene

Wikipedia buckminsterfullerene (plural buckminsterfullerenes)

1. an allotrope of carbon having a hollow molecule consisting of 60 atoms arranged in 12 pentagonal and 20 hexagonal faces to form a truncated icosahedron; the smallest of the fullerenes

Synonyms

• footballene

See also

• fullerene
• fulleride
• buckyball
• buckytube