Graphene and fullerenes

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What are fullerenes?

graphite layers arranged in different shapes, e.g. tubes or spheres

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What is a use of spherical fullerenes?

drug transportation due to their cage-like structure, or catalysts due to their large surface area to volume ratio

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What is a use of tube fullerenes?

nanotechnology due to their ability to conduct electricity, or to strengthen tennis rackets due to being long and thin, so can strengthen without adding a lot of weight

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What is the formula of a buckministerfullerene?

C60