Buckyballs – a new sphere of science
Useful Sites
What are fullerenes? (University of Nottingham, UK)
A brief introduction to the new form of carbon – C60 .
A brief history of C60 (Max-Planck-Institute Stuttgart, Germany)
An overview (with external links) of the structure and discovery of C60 .
The allotropes of carbon (IN-VSEE, USA)
Covers different forms of carbon – diamond, graphite, buckyballs and fullerenes – and includes structural diagrams of each form. Discusses possible uses, physical properties and bonding of different forms of carbon.
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.
The Nobel Prize in chemistry 1996
This poster describes the work on buckyballs that won a Nobel Prize.
Fullerenes (Kim Allen, USA)
A PhD student's site about fullerenes, buckyballs and nanotubes. Written in a friendly style.
Buckytubes (AZoM.com, Australia)
Introduction and basic facts
Provides an introduction to bucky tubes.
Properties
Provides information on the properties of buckytubes.
Applications
Provides information on some of the applications for buckytubes.
Page udpated January 2010.