All fullerenes 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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OpinionAllotrope or not?
Loose terminology causes disquiet among guardians of the chemical nomenclature
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NewsRobert Curl’s ‘buckyball’ chemistry Nobel prize to be auctioned off
1996 chemistry award honoured Curl, Harry Kroto and Richard Smalley’s discovery of fullerenes
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ResearchAll-metal fullerene cluster made for first time
Dodecahedral structure offers new insight into metal bonding
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ResearchNew allotrope of carbon synthesised
‘Superatomic’ cousin of graphene is made of linked fullerene subunits, and could spawn designer nanomaterials
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ResearchDouble heptagon-containing fullerenes produced by low pressure combustion
Study finds identical nonclassical fullerene cores can created by separate processes
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NewsChemistry Nobel laureate Robert Curl dies at 88
Curl’s passing means that all three scientists who won the 1996 chemistry Nobel prize for discovering fullerenes are gone
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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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OpinionShould I help make fullerenes if people are going to eat them?
The ethics of getting involved in products with unproven claims
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ResearchCalculations suggest octahedral carbon clusters more stable than expected
Carbon nanostructures containing four-membered rings are energetically competitive with fullerenes
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ReviewGraphene: the superstrong, superthin, and superversatile material that will revolutionize the world
A book that asks whether the ‘wonder material’ will live up to expectations
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ResearchFullerene nanoflask captures reactivity of atomic nitrogen
‘Molecular surgery’ transforms fullerenes into nano-scale flasks
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ResearchMiracle material potential water pollutant
Researchers demonstrate toxic effects of graphene on aquatic life
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OpinionA nanocarbon revolution
Twenty years on from the Nobel prize for fullerenes chemists pay tribute to the field Harry Kroto helped to launch
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ResearchHydrogen fluoride stitched into fullerene cage
Caging a single molecule of HF in a fullerene cavity could help researchers study its properties
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NewsNobel prize winner and buckyball discoverer Harry Kroto dies
Former Royal Society of Chemistry president with a passion for science communication passes away aged 76
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ResearchMolecular surgery stitches up water dimer in fullerene cage
First isolation of dimer to aid fundamental studies of hydrogen bonding
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ResearchChemists get the ball rolling on titanium oxide fullerenes
Titanium oxide nanocluster has been captured under electron microscope
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