Answer: What is the most likely mechanism for the formation of fullerenes?

Sir Harry Kroto, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 1996, has answered a selection of your video and text questions from TH-cam, Facebook and Twitter. This answer is in response to a question from Andrei Florea.

[@lordkelvin1]

I like the SPAM ham :D

[@pauljongen3022]

In mathematics there are no things like "fullerenes" and "bucky balls". There are regular, half regular and irregular polyhedrons. The fullerene you mention is a truncated icosahedron. Nevertheless I understand your admiration for Buckminster Fuller.

[@BackInTheGarden]

@ Nobel Prize, C60 seems to be one of the most indestructible molecules in organic chemistry. Though what do I know.

[@ashburnconnecttv7860]

WT - SPAM!!! LMFAO Do I see SPAM in the background. I would let my dog it SPAM. Just seeing the name makes me want to vomit! SPAM! No one in his right mind would eat SPAM!!! Sir Kroto, you might want to stay away from the glue in Chemistry. LOL