Gold buckyball fullerene components (IMAGE)

Rice University

Gold buckyball fullerene components

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Gold buckyball fullerenes each contain a hollow inner core of 12 gold atoms (left) and a 20-atom gold outer core (center). Attached organic ligands (right) stabilize the structure.

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Credit: Jones lab/Rice University

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