Fullerene technology. Computer artwork of spherical and cylindrical fullerenes (buckyballs and carbon nanotubes), illustrating their hexagonal and (in
Fullerene technology. Computer artwork of spherical and cylindrical fullerenes (buckyballs and carbon nanotubes), illustrating their hexagonal and (in the case of the buckyballs) pentagonal carbon structure. Fullerenes are a structural form (allotrope) of carbon. Theoretically, a wide range of molecular shapes can be engineered at the molecular level using fullerenes. Such structures are being investigated for a wide range of technological and medical uses. Here, the carbon nanotubes have been engineered to have a diameter just large enough to allow buckyballs to pass through them.
Size: 5500px × 4400px
Photo credit: © VICTOR HABBICK VISIONS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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