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語源

After Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome, +‎ -ene.

発音

• IPA: /ˈfʊləɹˌin/

名詞

fullerene (plural fullerenes)

1. (inorganic chemistry) 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.
2. (organic chemistry) Any closed-cage compound having twenty or more carbon atoms consisting entirely of 3-coordinate carbon atoms.
3. (chemistry, by extension) The class of carbon allotropes consisting of tubular carbon molecules (carbon nanotubes) and spheroidal carbon molecules (traditional fullerenes).

派生語

関連する語

• buckminsterfullerene
• fullerane
• fulleride
• fulleroid

参考

• buckyball
• buckytube
• nanoparticle
• nanotube

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Fullerene”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “fullerene”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.