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What are fullerenes? (University of Nottingham, UK)

A brief introduction to the new form of carbon – C₆₀ .
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~ppzjld/what.htm

A brief history of C₆₀ (Max-Planck-Institute Stuttgart, Germany)

An overview (with external links) of the structure and discovery of C₆₀ .
http://www.fkf.mpg.de/andersen/fullerene/intro.html

Introduction to carbon allotropes (Royal Society of Chemistry, UK)

Covers the different forms of carbon – 'Diamond', 'Graphite', 'Buckyballs', 'Nanotubes', and 'Fullerenes' – and includes structural diagrams of each form. 'Conclusion' discusses possible uses of fullerenes.
http://www.chemsoc.org/exemplarchem/entries/2003/bristol_shanley/carbonallotropes/index.htm

Nobelprize.org (Sweden)

• The discovery of carbon atoms bound in the form of a ball is rewarded
  The announcement by the Swedish Academy of the awarding of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Professors Curl, Kroto and Smalley.
  http://www.nobelprize.org/chemistry/laureates/1996/press.html

• The Nobel Prize in chemistry 1996
  This poster describes the work on buckyballs that won a Nobel Prize.
  http://nobelprize.org/chemistry/educational/poster/1996/index.html

Fullerenes (Kim Allen, USA)

A PhD student's site about fullerenes, buckyballs and nanotubes. Written in a friendly style.
http://kimallen.sheepdogdesign.net/Fuller/index.html

Buckytubes (AZoM.com, Australia)

• Introduction and basic facts
  Provides an introduction to bucky tubes.
  http://www.azom.com/details.asp?ArticleID=1295#_Ropes

• Properties
  Provides information on the properties of buckytubes.
  http://www.azom.com/details.asp?ArticleID=1294

• Applications
  Provides information on some of the applications for buckytubes.
  http://www.azom.com/details.asp?ArticleID=1293