1AKHViYgBGbmxi8qiJkNvoHNeDu9m3MfPE (3990) ·
Buckminsterfullerenes have been detected in planetary nebula. C60 or buckyballs, are a carbon allotrope shaped like a cage-like fused-ring structure that resembles a football, made of twenty hexagons and twelve pentagons.
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1AKHViYgBGbmxi8qiJkNvoHNeDu9m3MfPE (3990) ·
When buckyballs have an alkali element inserted in the empty cage (doped), they change from semiconductor to superconductors.
1AKHViYgBGbmxi8qiJkNvoHNeDu9m3MfPE (3990) ·
C60 is the 2nd most expensive thing to synthesize only behind anti-matter. Currently, there is no explanation as to how the C60 is formed in space. I have a hypothesis though.
1AKHViYgBGbmxi8qiJkNvoHNeDu9m3MfPE (3990) ·
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Planetary nebulae is where life cloud computes.