Buckyballs – a new sphere of science
Further Reading
August 1999, pages 36-38
Scoring goals with buckyballs (by Gerry Gadd)
Describes the potential use of buckyballs in new technologies.
Winter, 1994, pages 4-5
The wonderful world of carbon (by Jennifer Wright)
Winter, 1994, pages 6-8
New light on carbon: Fullerenes (by Gary Willett, Michael Wilson, Jennifer Wright and Keith Fisher)
No. 24, 1991, pages 14-15
Buckyballs: For carbon, it's a whole new ball game (by Richard Wardman)
9 December 2005
Buckyballs could disrupt functioning of DNA (by Kurt Kleiner)
Reports on computer simulations which show buckyballs could damage DNA.
22 January 2005, page 22
Stuffed buckyballs could mean clearer MRI scans (by Celeste Biever)
Explores the potential uses of buckyballs containing a foreign molecule.
28 September 2004
Buckyballs made safer for humans (by Katharine Davis)
Reports research to reduce the toxicity of buckyballs.
29 April 2004
Baby buckyballs hold unusual promise (by Will Knight)
Reports on the construction of miniature 'buckyballs'.
3 April 2004, page 11
Carbon 'footballs' harm fish (by Bob Holmes)
Reports buckyballs can cause brain damage in fish.
17 February 2001
Small wonder (by Adrian Cho)
Looks into a transistor containing a buckyball.
1 April 2000, page 9
Alien impact (by Hazel Muir)
Reports on buckyballs containing extraterrestrial gases associated with meteorites.
12 February 2000, pages 40-43
Atomic abacus (by Jim Thomas)
Describes how researchers built a nano-sized abacus using buckyballs as the beads.
31 July 1999, page 64
The ultimate screen shaver (by Bob Johnstone)
Looks at research on carbon nanotubes which may make them useful for flat panel display screens.
26 June 1999, page 11
Drawing a fine line (by Michael Brooks)
Describes how a carbon nanotube could be used to precisely deposit atoms on a surface.
21 November 1998, page 22
Tie a knot in a nanotube (by Lila Guterman)
Describes how nanotubes might be turned into tiny inductors in a microchip.
14 November 1998, page 16
Buckytube crewcut fuels flat TV displays (by Sharon Ann Holgate)
Researchers report a technique to grow well-aligned carbon nanotubes on glass.
26 September 1998, page 17
Odds are good for bucky magnets (by Lila Guterman)
Describes new magnetic fullerenes made of nickel chloride.
12 September 1998, page 10
Toughing it out (by Charles Seife)
Explains how tubes of pure carbon could be the key to super-strong materials.
18 October 1997, page 23
Buckyballs are a blast (by Mark Ward)
Discusses whether buckyballs could fuel the thrusters used to manoeuvre satellites.
30 August 1997, page 18
Buckymedicine (by Michael Day)
Describes how buckyballs might protect injured brain tissue by mopping up free radicals.
3 March 1997, page 18
Buckyball 'transistor' raises nanocomputing hopes (by David Bradley)
Looks at the potential of incorporating buckyballs into molecule-sized electronic devices.
6 July 1996, pages 28-31
Through the nanotube (by Philip Ball)
Discusses possible applications for carbon nanotubes.
April 2008, pages 68-75
Carbon wonderland (by Andre Geim and Philip Kim)
Explains the discovery and applications of graphene.
June 2000, pages 24-25
Tantalizing tubes (by Steve Mirsky)
Describes possible applications for carbon nanotubes.
August 1998, pages 62-67
Microdiamonds (by Rachael Trautman, Brendan J. Griffin and David Scharf)
Describes the origins of microdiamonds and their industrial uses.
February 1997, page 26
Scoring with buckyballs (by Erica Garcia)
Describes how buckyballs can be used as tools in nanoengineering.
October 1995, pages 18-19
A tight fit (by Sasha Nemecek)
Researchers report a technique to pry open buckyballs.
September 1993, pages 18-19
The all-star of buckyball (by Philip Yam)
A profile of Richard E. Smalley, one of the scientists who discovered buckyballs.
Page updated May 2008.