| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:mole gptkb:allotrope_of_carbon
 
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                                | gptkbp:alternativeName | gptkb:buckyballs carbon cages
 spherical fullerenes
 
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                                | gptkbp:application | gptkb:medicine gptkb:nanotechnology
 electronics
 materials science
 pharmaceuticals
 lubricants
 solar cells
 
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                                | gptkbp:band | sp2 hybridized carbon atoms 
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                                | gptkbp:canBeDopedWith | gptkb:transition_metals alkali metals
 
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                                | gptkbp:category | inorganic chemistry nanomaterials
 organic chemistry
 supramolecular chemistry
 allotropes of carbon
 carbon molecules
 molecular cages
 
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                                | gptkbp:chemicalFormula | C_n (n ≥ 20) 
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                                | gptkbp:color | black 
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                                | gptkbp:containsElement | carbon 
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                                | gptkbp:crystalSystem | gptkb:face-centered_cubic_(C60) 
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                                | gptkbp:discoveredBy | gptkb:Richard_Smalley gptkb:Robert_Curl
 gptkb:Harold_Kroto
 gptkb:Sean_O'Brien
 gptkb:James_Heath
 
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                                | gptkbp:discoveredIn | 1985 
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                                | gptkbp:electricalConductivity | semiconducting 
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                                | gptkbp:firstSynthesized | gptkb:Rice_University 
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                                | gptkbp:form | gptkb:endohedral_fullerenes gptkb:exofullerenes
 
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                                | gptkbp:magneticProperties | diamagnetic 
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                                | gptkbp:namedAfter | gptkb:Buckminster_Fuller 
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                                | gptkbp:nobelPrizeRelated | gptkb:1996_Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry 
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                                | gptkbp:notableExample | gptkb:C70 gptkb:C60
 gptkb:buckminsterfullerene
 
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                                | gptkbp:oxidationStates | 0 
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                                | gptkbp:relatedTo | graphene carbon nanotubes
 carbon black
 
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                                | gptkbp:solubility | soluble in organic solvents 
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                                | gptkbp:spectroscopy | Raman active characteristic UV-Vis absorption
 
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                                | gptkbp:stateAtRoomTemperature | gptkb:stone 
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                                | gptkbp:structure | spherical elliptical
 tubular
 closed cage
 
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                                | gptkbp:symmetry | icosahedral (C60) 
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                                | gptkbp:thermalStability | high 
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                                | gptkbp:type | can form derivatives can undergo addition reactions
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Carbon gptkb:Richard_Errett_Smalley
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 5 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | fullerenes 
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