1. Buckyballs, of buckminsterfullerene, are soccer-ball-shaped assemblages of 60 carbon atoms.

2. In the other two mechanisms, buckminsterfullerene is formed by a combination of specific precursor carbon clusters.

3. Buckminsterfullerene is a very stable molecule made of pure carbon.

4. Buckminsterfullerene, too, was promoted as a wonder-substance when it was discovered.

5. Obviously, if collapse to a fullerene occurs before the cluster has accumulated 60 atoms, buckminsterfullerene can not be produced.

6. Harold Kroto won the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1996 for the discovery of buckminsterfullerene, the soccer ball shaped form of carbon better known as buckyballs.

7. Harold Kroto won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1996 for the discovery of buckminsterfullerene, the soccer ball shaped form of carbon better known as buckyballs.

8. The 1996 chemistry prize was also awarded for a new form of carbon, buckminsterfullerene.