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Who are Harold Kroto, Richard Smalley, and Robert Curl? What did they discover? How did they name the discovery?
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What are allotropes, isomers and polymorphs?
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How many different fullerene structures are there? What is strain energy?
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Who is Sumio Iijima? What are armchair, zigzig and chiral nanotubes? How do their properties differ?
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How do scientists make and manipulate structures at the nanoscale?
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What is Nanofabrication and Grey Goo?
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How could you examine the vibrational modes and natural frequencies of the models you make?
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