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2681079 No.2681079 [Reply] [Original]

Hey /sci/,

What uses are there for buckyballs/buckminsterfullerene?

>> No.2681093

Bumping for interest.

>> No.2681099

tennis for flies

>> No.2681103

carbon nanotubes are better. basically cylindrical versions of this shit

>> No.2681104
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2681104

Building giraffes.

>> No.2681110

>>2681103
>>2681103
But what are they used for?

>> No.2681131

>>2681079
Drug application. Drug molecules can be trapped inside the ball.

>> No.2681132
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2681132

They are good lubricants and there has been research in using them to transport drugs to cells directly (We've put a water molecule inside a buckyball)

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2681134

Packing peanuts.

>> No.2681276

>>2681103
If they could be made of uniform diameter, they could be composed into materials of enormous strength for their weight.

>> No.2681280

>>2681134
Best weapon ever.