CARBONIO
Forme Allotropiche del Carbonio
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Diamante
Vi sono solo 2 forme pure di Carbonio…. O cosi’ si credeva
Buckminsterfullerene
Premio Nobel 1996 per la Chimica
 The accidental discovery of the third allotrope of
pure carbon was made in the laboratory of
Professor Richard Smalley at Rice University.
Rick Smalley was studying semiconductor
clusters using a novel laser vaporization
technique in combination with a molecular beam
apparatus to form and study clusters.
 The result was the observation of stable C60
clusters and the first postulation that the
structure of this compound was a truncated
icosahedron.
 Named Buckminsterfullerene after the geodesic
domes of Buckminster Fuller, C60 and its
hundreds of derivatives have made fullerene
research a major subfield of chemistry.
 Possible industrial applications include
superconductivity, optics, lubrication,
electronics, catalysis, polymer chemistry,
ultrathin films of diamonds, and medical delivery
systems.
7/30/99
C60 -- Buckminster Fullerene
C60
C60
C70
Catena Lineare
C70
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C60
Nanotubo
Links
http://www.nobel.se/index.html
http://www.slb.com/seed/en/watch/fullerenes/begin.htm
http://www.susx.ac.uk/Users/kroto/FullereneCentre/