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Categories: Articles with short description, Emerging technologies, Use dmy dates from February 2015, Fullerenes
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fullerene  Bucky egg  Buckyegg  C20 fullerene  C28 fullerene
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A form of carbon having a large molecule consisting of an empty cage of sixty or more carbon atoms WordNet 3.0
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A form of carbon having a large molecule consisting of an empty cage of sixty or more carbon atoms WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A fullerene is an allotrope of carbon whose molecules consist of carbon atoms connected by single and double bonds so as to form a closed or partially closed mesh, with fused rings of five to seven atoms. Wikipedia
One of a family of carbon allotropes sometimes called buckyballs, when in a spherical configuration. OmegaWiki
Any of a class of allotropes of carbon having hollow molecules whose atoms lie at the vertices of a polyhedron having 12 pentagonal and 2 or more hexagonal faces. Wiktionary
Any of a class of allotropes of carbon having hollow molecules. Wiktionary (translation)