All buckminsterfullerene articles
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NewsRobert Curl’s ‘buckyball’ Nobel prize medal sold at auction for more than double reserve price
Curl won the 1996 chemistry prize with Harry Kroto and Richard Smalley for the discovery of fullerenes
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ResearchHardest amorphous material can scratch even diamond
Compressing buckyballs at high temperatures makes ultra-hard and strong carbon materials
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NewsThirty years on new home sought for Kroto’s Nobel-winning samples
Piece of chemistry history at Sussex could form heart of outreach centre
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ResearchSelf-assembling ‘buckybowls’ inspired by virus capsids
Football-like molecules could be used in drug delivery, catalysis and synthesis
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PodcastBuckminsterfullerene
This football-shaped carbon molecule is known for its uses as an ultra-strong building material