fullerenes

GPTKB entity

Statements (62)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf mole
allotrope of carbon
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:buckyballs
carbon cages
spherical fullerenes
gptkbp:application gptkb:medicine
gptkb:nanotechnology
electronics
materials science
pharmaceuticals
lubricants
solar cells
gptkbp:band sp2 hybridized carbon atoms
gptkbp:canBeDopedWith gptkb:transition_metals
alkali metals
gptkbp:category inorganic chemistry
nanomaterials
organic chemistry
supramolecular chemistry
allotropes of carbon
carbon molecules
molecular cages
gptkbp:chemicalFormula C_n (n ≥ 20)
gptkbp:color black
gptkbp:containsElement carbon
gptkbp:crystalSystem gptkb:face-centered_cubic_(C60)
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Richard_Smalley
gptkb:Robert_Curl
gptkb:Harold_Kroto
gptkb:Sean_O'Brien
gptkb:James_Heath
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1985
gptkbp:electricalConductivity semiconducting
gptkbp:firstSynthesized gptkb:Rice_University
gptkbp:form gptkb:endohedral_fullerenes
gptkb:exofullerenes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label fullerenes
gptkbp:magneticProperties diamagnetic
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Buckminster_Fuller
gptkbp:nobelPrizeRelated gptkb:1996_Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry
gptkbp:notableExample gptkb:C70
gptkb:C60
gptkb:buckminsterfullerene
gptkbp:oxidationStates 0
gptkbp:relatedTo graphene
carbon nanotubes
carbon black
gptkbp:solubility soluble in organic solvents
gptkbp:spectroscopy Raman active
characteristic UV-Vis absorption
gptkbp:stateAtRoomTemperature gptkb:stone
gptkbp:structure spherical
elliptical
tubular
closed cage
gptkbp:symmetry icosahedral (C60)
gptkbp:thermalStability high
gptkbp:type can form derivatives
can undergo addition reactions
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Carbon
gptkb:Richard_Errett_Smalley
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5