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The 11 pages that link to Buckminsterfullerene, each with the reason it gives.

• FullereneBroader topic: Its architectural name reflects the cage geometry proposed for the newly observed molecule.

• Matter waveBroader topic: Interference experiments with C₆₀ show wave behavior in comparatively massive molecules.

• Platonic solidBroader topic: Its nearly spherical carbon framework draws on the geometry of an icosahedron.

• Icosahedral symmetryRelated: Its ideal cage structure has icosahedral symmetry.

• IcosahedronRelated: Its carbon cage derives from an icosahedron whose vertices are truncated.

• Polycyclic compoundBroader topic: Its closed cage is a striking polycyclic molecular architecture with curved carbon surfaces.

• Richard SmalleyBroader topic: This especially stable C60 structure became the discovery’s defining molecule.

• Robert CurlBroader topic: This stable, soccer-ball-shaped molecule was the discovery’s signature product.

• Harry KrotoBroader topic: Kroto and colleagues identified this unusually stable carbon cluster in 1985.

• Endohedral fullereneBroader topic: Its robust, symmetrical cage is a common host structure for encapsulated atoms.

• Regular icosahedronRelated: Its cage retains icosahedral symmetry while truncating the solid's vertices.