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Finally, different rings of carbon can be joined together to form spheres. Here five and six member rings are joined to form a sphere of C60.
C60 is studied for its electrical and mechanical properties, and for its ability to serve as a near invulnerable cage for enclosing other molecules (a possible way of safely introducing otherwise toxic chemicals into the human body).
This structure is also called a "Buckyball" or a "Buckminster Fullerene" after the architect and futurist Buckminster Fuller. He built the domes of buildings out of similar assemblies of polygonal plates. Today these hugely larger structures are most often seen as enclosures for rotating radar antennas.
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