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单词 buckyball
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Definition of buckyball in English:

buckyball

noun ˈbʌkɪbɔːlˈbəkēˌbôl
Chemistry
  • A hollow spherical molecule composed of a large number of carbon atoms.

    the active layer is made of buckyballs, carbon molecules that are just 1 nanometer in diameter
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The early promise of the spherical all-carbon fullerenes, better known to non-chemists as buckyballs, have not yet lived up to their early hype.
    • Not only are further studies needed about the environmental effects of buckyballs, but on the buckyballs themselves.
    • Also known as fullerenes, buckyballs have recently been touted for their potential applications in everything from drug delivery to energy transmission.
    • These elongated relatives of the buckyball can be metallic, semiconducting, or even insulating depending on their helicity and diameter.
    • Smalley was the recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in chemistry for the discovery of closed, hollow cages of carbon atoms known as buckyballs.

Origin

1980s: from buckminsterfullerene and ball1.

Definition of buckyball in US English:

buckyball

nounˈbəkēˌbôl
Chemistry
  • A hollow spherical molecule composed of a large number of carbon atoms.

    the active layer is made of buckyballs, carbon molecules that are just 1 nanometer in diameter
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The early promise of the spherical all-carbon fullerenes, better known to non-chemists as buckyballs, have not yet lived up to their early hype.
    • Not only are further studies needed about the environmental effects of buckyballs, but on the buckyballs themselves.
    • Also known as fullerenes, buckyballs have recently been touted for their potential applications in everything from drug delivery to energy transmission.
    • These elongated relatives of the buckyball can be metallic, semiconducting, or even insulating depending on their helicity and diameter.
    • Smalley was the recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in chemistry for the discovery of closed, hollow cages of carbon atoms known as buckyballs.

Origin

1980s: from buckminsterfullerene and ball.

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