Sentences with phrase «fullerene shapes»

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Fullerene is an interesting molecule: it is formed of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal network shaped like a hollow sphere.

But with DNA as a template, Tour says, «we can use nature's materials to just shake and bake,» cooking up custom - made fullerene polymers that mimic the size and shape of a given DNA helix.

The Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded today to two Americans and one British researcher for their discovery of fullerenes, a new class of all - carbon molecules shaped like hollow balls.

The fullerene molecules consist of 60 carbon atoms arranged in a truncated icosahedral shape (a soccer ball) and pack in a regular cubic - close - packed array in three dimensions.

The excited electrons can then transfer to a soccer ball - shaped fullerene and move to the positive side of the solar cell.

Controlling the concentration, size and shape of fullerene - like spheroids with tailored topological connectivity to graphene layers is expected to yield exceptional and tunable mechanical properties, similar to mechanical metamaterials, with a potentially wide range of applications.