Buckyball 25th anniversary celebrations

Buckyball 25th anniversary celebrations – Here are the latest details of about, what is buckyball and its uses, buckyball structure, history information from wiki and definition and new Buckyball model.

According to the latest news updates, Google has modified its alphabet “O” into a new logo—buckyball. A bucky ball is a spherical fullerene, a molecule made up of carbon. It is in the shape of a hollow sphere, tube or ellipsoid. Named after Richard Buckminster, the buckyball was invented in 1985. The invention of the buckyball was of great significance. It enables one to understand the technological applications and chemistry in electronics, material sciences and nanotechnologies. The bucky ball clusters are made up of unsaturated version of dodecahedrane and the most common is C60. Buckybal is used for manifold purposes—drug treatments, Nano STM, Gadolinium Carriers, Catalysts, Superconductors, Lubricants and many others. Google’s latest doodle features interactive buckyball in place of the yellow second ‘o’ in Google. Google search engine giant is commemorating the 25th anniversary of the discovery of the buckyball on Saturday, Sep 4.