Carbon fullerenes are large, closed-caged carbon structures in a spherical shape. Fullerenes, discovered in 1985, are stable in gas form and exhibit many interesting properties that have not been found in other compounds before. Figure 1 is a representation of a C60 Fullerene molecule. A fullerene is a spherical structure composed of both pentagonal and hexagonal carbon rings. Fullerenes are considered zero dimensional quantum structures which exhibit interesting quantum properties. Once fullerenes were proven to exist, research for other fullerene like structures led to the discovery of Carbon nanotubes in 1991.

Carbon fullerenes are large, closed-caged carbon structures in a spherical shape. Fullerenes, discovered in 1985, are stable in gas form and exhibit many interesting properties that have not been found in other compounds before. Figure 1 is a representation of a C60 Fullerene molecule. A fullerene is a spherical structure composed of both pentagonal and hexagonal carbon rings. Fullerenes are considered zero dimensional quantum structures which exhibit interesting quantum properties. Once fullerenes were proven to exist, research for other fullerene like structures led to the discovery of Carbon nanotubes in 1991.