German

Noun

Fullerene n

1. plural of Fulleren

English

Noun

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)

Translations

Related terms

• buckminsterfullerene
• fullerane
• fulleride
• fulleroid

See also

• buckyball
• buckytube
• nanoparticle
• nanotube

Italian

Noun

fullerene m ‎(plural fullereni)

1. fullerene