What are Fullerenes?

Fullerene is a hollow molecule composed entirely of carbon, which is spherical, ellipsoidal, cylindrical or tubular in shape. Fullerene is very similar in structure to graphite. Graphite is a stack of graphene layers consisting of six-membered rings. Fullerene contains not only six-membered rings but also five-membered rings, and occasionally seven-membered rings.

Fullerene is a kind of

Since the discovery of fullerenes in 1985, newer fullerenes have been predicted or discovered, surpassing the individual clusters themselves.

• Bucky pellets : the smallest is C ₂₀ (

  Mathematically, the structures of fullerenes are convex with pentagonal and hexagonal faces.

  There are many fullerene elements in popular culture, and they appeared before scientists paid attention to them. in"

  • N-dodecahedral

  • Truncated rhombus icosahedron