Science News, February 20th, 1993
No one can say that speculation about practical applications for those hollow all-carbon molecules called fullerenes is all talk and no action.
Several research groups have now demonstrated that they can use fullerenes as lubricants and can coax these molecules to form pure polymers and three-dimensional structures.
Not only do fullerene molecules work as well as other lubricants, but they also can protect surfaces under conditions present in space, says Bharat Bhushan, a mechanical engineer at Ohio State University in Columbus.
To study this new lubricant, he and his colleagues first dep...
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