Definitions for "Buckminsterfullerene"
(C60) C60; fullerene; buckyball. A form of carbon consisting of 60 carbon atoms bound together to make a roughly spherical "buckyball" (which looks rather like a soccer ball).
See Fullerenes. A broad term covering the variety of buckyballs and carbon nanotubes that exist. Named after the architect Buckminster Fuller, who is famous for the geodesic dome, which buckyballs resemble. [CMP
Probably the most famous of the fullerenes, it consists of 60 carbon atoms. Discovered in 1985 by Richard Smalley, Harold Kroto, and Robert Curl for which they won the 1996 Nobel Prize in chemistry. Named in honor of the architect Buckminster Fuller, who designed the geodesic structures that the fullerene resembles.