Natural Fullerenes and Related Structures of Elemental Carbon

• Main Author: Rietmeijer, Frans J. M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Series: Developments in Fullerene Science, 6
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Physical chemistry.; Geochemistry.; Planetology.; Geobiology.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Atoms.; Physics.; Physical Chemistry.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics.; Biogeosciences.

Observational, experimental and analytical data show that C60, larger fullerenes, and related structures of elemental carbon exist in interstellar space, meteorites, and on Earth and are associated with meteorite in impact events and in carbon-rich environments such as coals (shungite) and bitumen....