buckyonion

English

Etymology

Blend of buckminsterfullerene +‎ onion, modelled on earlier buckyball, with reference to the concentric layers of an onion.

Noun

buckyonion (plural buckyonions)

1. (chemistry) A concentric multishell fullerene structure.
   • 2016, J. J. Díaz-Luis, D. A. García-Hernández, A. Manchado, F. Cataldo, “A search for hydrogenated fullerenes in fullerene-containing planetary nebulae”, in arXiv‎^[1]:

     Detections of C60 and C70 fullerenes in planetary nebulae (PNe) of the Magellanic Clouds and of our own Galaxy have raised the idea that other forms of carbon such as hydrogenated fullerenes (fulleranes like C60H36 and C60H18), buckyonions, and carbon nanotubes, may be widespread in the Universe.

References

Bucky Onion (Molecule of the Month for December 2005)