Contact: Andy Fell
ahfell@ucdavis.edu
530-752-4533
University of California - Davis
Caption: The buckyegg is a cage of 84 carbon atoms, containing three terbium atoms (mauve) bonded to one nitrogen atom (blue).
Credit: Christine Beavers, UC Davis
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