Experts Learn to Insert Radio-Active Atoms Inside Fullerenes Remotely

A lot of people have thankfully heard of carbon nanotubes in recent years, and most of them know that they are incredibly small constructs, built at the nanoscale, and which are made of single layers of carbon atoms, stuck together in the shape of tubes. But not many people know that these tu... [ read more >> ]

This image shows lead rods, which are infused with the material to be encapsulated in hollow carbon molecules known as fullerenes, are blasted with a plasma arc

Image comment: This image shows lead rods, which are infused with the material to be encapsulated in hollow carbon molecules known as fullerenes, are blasted with a plasma arc
Image credits: Harry Dorn via EurekAlert

This image shows lead rods, which are infused with the material to be encapsulated in hollow carbon molecules known as fullerenes, are blasted with a plasma arc