C60 Buckminsterfullerene (IMAGE)

Arizona State University

C60 Buckminsterfullerene

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Carbon-chain molecules as complex as C60 buckminsterfullerenes -- 'buckyballs' -- may form in space with the help of clustered iron atoms, according to new work by ASU cosmochemists. The work also explains how these iron clusters hide out inside common carbon-chain molecules.

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NASA/JPL-Caltech

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