Diamond, Graphite, and Fullerenes
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Classical forms of carbon:
 
Buckyballs:
 
Nanotubes:

 

 

 

 

 
Zig-zag tubes are (n,0), armchair tubes are (n,n), and
chiral tubes are (n,m), where n≠m. See naming nanotubes.
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These SWNT have been made in high purity, acsnano.8b06511 (2018)

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Fullerene coordinates from H. Kroto. Nanotube coordinates from
TubeGen 3.3, J. T. Frey and D. J. Doren, University of Delaware.

This page created by George Lisensky, Beloit College.
Last modified September 22, 2022.