buckminsterfullerene
See also: buckminsterfullerène
English
Etymology
From the name of Richard Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome, + -ene.
Noun
buckminsterfullerene (plural buckminsterfullerenes)
- 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
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Buckminsterfullerene”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “buckminsterfullerene”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.