
What are fullerenes and why does this material cost up to 150 million euros per gram?
In 2015 a rather particular sale was made: the startup “Designer Carbon Materials” affiliated withUniversity of Oxford he sold 220 milligrams (less than half the weight of a human hair) of a special type of fullerene – i.e. a molecular nanostructure composed solely of carbon atoms with a shape similar to a hollow sphere – for approximately €33,000setting a record ...








