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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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Assorted References

carbon structure
- In carbon: Properties and uses
crystalline carbon
- In crystal: Structures of nonmetallic elements
- In crystal: Structures of binary crystals
structure of clusters
- In cluster: Network structures
superconductivity
- In superconductivity: Thermal properties of superconductors

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Curl
- In Robert Curl
Kroto
- In Sir Harold W. Kroto
Smalley
- In Richard E. Smalley

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Primary Contributors

David R.M. Walton
Emeritus Reader in Chemistry and Director, Fullerene Science Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton, England.
Harold W. Kroto
Professor of Chemistry, University of Sussex, Brighton, England. Winner of 1996 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Fullerenes in Biology and Medicine.	Aakanksha Gaur	Nov 27, 2024
	Add new Web site: Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences - Fullerenes: An Introduction and Overview of Their ullerenes: An Introduction and Overview of Their Biological Properties Biological Properties.	Aakanksha Gaur	Oct 04, 2024
	Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Fullerenes in Biology and Medicine.	Emily Rodriguez	Sep 13, 2023
	Add new Web site: Academia - Fullerenes: Chemistry and its Applications.	Gloria Lotha	Jun 02, 2023
	Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Fullerenes in Biology and Medicine.	Gloria Lotha	Jan 23, 2023
	Corrected display issue.	Adam Augustyn	Mar 13, 2019
	Add new Web site: Chemistry LibreTexts Library - Fullerene.	Gloria Lotha	Mar 07, 2019
	Add new Web site: American Chemical Society - Discovery of Fullerenes.	Thinley Kalsang Bhutia	Jun 09, 2017
	The word "lanthanide" was modified to "lanthanoid."	Erik Gregersen	Jan 24, 2011
	Media added.	Amy Tikkanen	Oct 31, 2007
	Added new Web site: Max-Planck Institute - Alkali-doped fullerenes.	Marco Sampaolo	Oct 24, 2006
	Added new Web site: Max-Planck Institute - Alkali-doped fullerenes.	Marco Sampaolo	Oct 24, 2006
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Sep 02, 2004
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	May 04, 1999
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998