fullerene

full er ene |ˌfo͝oləˈrēn ˈfʊləˌrin | ▶noun Chemistry a form of carbon having a large spheroidal molecule consisting of a hollow cage of atoms, of which buckminsterfullerene was the first known example. ORIGIN late 20th cent.: contraction of buckminsterfullerene .

fullerene

fullerene |ˈfʊləriːn | ▶noun Chemistry a form of carbon having a large spheroidal molecule consisting of a hollow cage of sixty or more atoms, of which buckminsterfullerene was the first known example. Fullerenes are produced chiefly by the action of an arc discharge between carbon electrodes in an inert atmosphere. ORIGIN 1980s: contraction of buckminsterfullerene .

Fulleren

Ful le ren Substantiv, Neutrum Chemie , das |Fuller e n |das Fulleren; Genitiv: des Fullerens, Plural: die Fullerene englisch ; nach R. Buckminster Fuller künstlich hergestellte Form des Kohlenstoffs mit großen kugelartig geformten Molekülen