Computer illustration of a nanoring, a cylindrical fullerene (carbon nanotube) bent to form a circular torus shape. Fullerenes are a structural form (

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Computer illustration of a nanoring, a cylindrical fullerene (carbon nanotube) bent to form a circular torus shape. 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.

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