buckyonion
buckyonion noun: a concentric multishell fullerene structure.
Noun
buckyonion (plural buckyonions)
- A concentric multishell fullerene structure.
- Detections of C60 and C70 fullerenes in planetary nebulae (PNe) of the Magellanic Clouds and of our own Galaxy have raised the idea that other forms of carbon such as hydrogenated fullerenes (fulleranes like C60H36 and C60H18), buckyonions, and carbon nanotubes, may be widespread in the Universe.2016, J. J. Díaz-Luis, D. A. García-Hernández, A. Manchado, F. Cataldo, “A search for hydrogenated fullerenes in fullerene-containing planetary nebulae”, in arXiv
Forms of buckyonion
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Origin of buckyonion
Blend of buck(minsterfullerene) + -y + onion, modelled on earlier buckyball, with reference to the concentric layers of an onion.
Questions about buckyonion
- What does buckyonion mean?
- Buckyonion means a concentric multishell fullerene structure.
- What part of speech is buckyonion?
- Buckyonion is a noun.
- What is the plural of buckyonion?
- The plural of buckyonion is buckyonions.
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