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Definition of Fullerene
1. Noun. A form of carbon having a large molecule consisting of an empty cage of sixty or more carbon atoms.
Specialized synonyms: Buckminsterfullerene, Buckyball, Carbon Nanotube, Nanotube
Generic synonyms: Atomic Number 6, C, Carbon
Definition of Fullerene
1. Noun. (inorganic chemistry) any of a class of allotropes of carbon having hollow molecules whose atoms lie at the vertices of a polyhedron having 12 pentagonal and 2 or more hexagonal faces ¹
2. Noun. (organic chemistry) any closed-cage compound having twenty or more carbon atoms consisting entirely of 3-coordinate carbon atoms ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fullerene
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Medical Definition of Fullerene
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Literary usage of Fullerene
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Small Business Innovation Research: Abstracts of Phase I Awards (1995) by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"By circulating tritium-containing glove box gases through a fullerene-hydride
bed, tritium gas would react with fullerene to form tritiated fullerenes. ..."
2. Small Business Technology Transfer: Abstracts of Phase I Awards, 1994 by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"The most desirable fullerene building block would contain two suitable functional
groups on opposite sides of the fullerene spheroid. ..."
3. Exploring Organic Environments in the Solar System by National Research Council (U.S.) (2007)
"Finally, traces of various inorganic carbon species including diamond, graphite,
fullerene, and silicon carbide are present in the IOM. ..."
4. State of the Laboratory: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory edited by William A. Bookless (1995)
"fullerene switches are competitive with optical-fiber switches but are smaller,
easier to fabricate, and potentially faster. ..."
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