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Sir Harold W. Kroto with models of fullerenes, 1996.

Figure 42: The structure of C60 (buckminsterfullerene). All the carbon atoms are sp2 hybridized, but double bonds are not shown here in the structure for clarity.

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Sir Harold W. Kroto with models of fullerenes, 1996.

Figure 42: The structure of C60 (buckminsterfullerene). All the carbon atoms are sp2 hybridized, but double bonds are not shown here in the structure for clarity.

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carbon nanotube C60 fulleride cluster carbon graphene graphite diamond carbon-14

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Richard E. Smalley

American chemist and physicist

Sir Harold W. Kroto

British chemist

Robert Curl

American chemist

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