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Chapter 1: The Revolution of Carbon Allotropes: Discovery and Historical Significance Prior to 1985, the scientific understanding of pure carbon allotropes was largely confined to diamond with $sp^3$ hybridization and graphite with $sp^2$ hybridization. In September of that year, a…

The buckminsterfullerene structure is one of the most recognizable molecular architectures in modern chemistry. Often described as a microscopic soccer ball, the C60 molecule is a closed carbon cage composed of exactly 60 carbon atoms arranged into pentagons and hexagons.…