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===Etymology=== The discoverers of the [[allotropy|allotrope]] named the newfound molecule after American architect [[Buckminster Fuller|R. Buckminster Fuller]], who designed many [[geodesic dome]] structures that look similar to C<sub>60</sub> and who had died in 1983, the year before discovery.<ref name=k363/> Another common name for buckminsterfullerene is "buckyballs".<ref>{{cite web |title=What is a geodesic dome? |url=https://exhibits.stanford.edu/bucky/feature/what-is-a-geodesic-dome |website=R. Buckminster Fuller Collection: Architect, Systems Theorist, Designer, and Inventor |date=6 April 2017 |publisher=Stanford University |access-date=10 June 2019 |archive-date=12 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112232718/https://exhibits.stanford.edu/bucky/feature/what-is-a-geodesic-dome |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>The AZo Journal of Materials Online. AZoM.com. "Buckminsterfullerene." 2006.</ref>
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