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Buckyball Formation Observed

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Nov. 28, 2007 -- A Sandia National Laboratories researcher looking for flaws in nanotube durability was unexpectedly able to experimentally confirm a hypothesis about how Buckyballs form. “We have now the first direct, in situ, experimental proof of the hypothesis -- very significant to the scientific community -- that these structures are formed by the heated ‘shrink-wrapping’ of carbon sheets,” said Sandia researcher Jianyu Huang, who observed the Buckyball formation. Buckyballs -- more formally known as buckminsterfullerene C60 -- are carbon-linked nanostructures named for their resemblance to the...Read full article

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    Published: November 2007
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