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buckyball, n. Chem.|ˈbʌkiːbɔːl|
[f. *buckminsterfullerene n. + -y6 + ball n.1]
A molecule of buckminsterfullerene, or more generally of any fullerene.
1989N.Y. Times c9/2 The chemical bonds holding this molecule together are apparently arrayed in a geodesic soccer-ball pattern like the one often used by Buckminster Fuller in the buildings he designed. Investigators therefore dubbed the molecule ‘buckminster-fullerene,’ sometimes shortened to ‘fullerene’ or ‘buckyball’. 1990Science 12 Oct. 209/1 The object of all the excitement is the spherical molecule C60 , known as ‘soccerene’ or ‘buckminsterfullerene’ or ‘buckyball’. 1991New Scientist 6 July 26/1 An Australian scientist..says that fullerenes, more commonly known as ‘buckyballs’, are the key element of a medical imaging system he developed in 1984. 1991Industry Week 2 Dec. 55/4 Researchers studying buckyballs, the soccer-ball shaped molecules of carbon, see promising potential in superconductivity and diamond films. 1992Sci. News 8 Feb. 85/2 The sheet curves around to form a buckyball or one of its rounded fullerene cousins. 1993Observer 30 May 64 ‘Buckyballs’ are now one of the hottest topics in chemistry. |