Typically, molecules considered for quantum applications aren’t as big as Buckminsterfullerene. “The overwhelming majority of ...

As ISIS – the UK’s muon and neutron source – turns 40, Rosie de Laune and colleagues from ISIS explore the past, present and future of neutron scattering ...

There are intriguing, often very accessible, open problems throughout the book and nine Appendices on subtopics of independent interest: Primer on classical complex analysis, The ring lemma, Doyle ...

Classification of polymer- and non-polymer-based nanocomposites. (© IntechOpen) The exponential growth of polymeric nanocomposites began with the discovery of fullerenes (also known as C60 or ...

Question 3: What is a buckyball? You didn't select an answer. The answer is: A carbon molecule (C60). Buckyballs are also called Fullerenes. Discovered in 1985, they are a family of carbon allotropes ...

If you are a teacher in a state school in the Sheffield City Region and would like to be able to have a go at building ‘Buckyballs’ in your classroom, you can use our fantastic Buckyball Science ...

A big, beautiful diamond. Sure, it catches light like no other gem, and it's the hardest material on Earth, and it's worth an awful lot of money. But what is it really but a collection of ordinary ...

Physics is the search for and application of rules that can help us understand and predict the world around us. Central to physics are ideas such as energy, mass, particles and waves. Physics ...

He’s always considered Hope his true home, where he “became grounded.” In 1996, Smalley won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for finding and developing the third allotropic form of carbon: buckyballs. “I ...

Click to expand... You can't disclaim your way around a reckless disregard for safety. Buckyballs and Jarts all came with safety warnings. The CPSC decided that that wasn't good enough ...