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What is the structure of a bucky ball?
A bucky ball's structure is a ball shape.
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What can a fullerene be used for?
A fullerene can be used for reinforcing graphite in tennis rackets due to their strength from a large number of bonds.
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What is nanotechnology?
Nanotechnologuy is the branch of technology that deals with things smaller than 100 nanometers
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What is a nanoparticle?
A nanoparticle is a particle of matter measured using the nanoscale (usually < 100 nanometers)
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Where is nanotechnology potentially useful?
Nanotechnology could be useful in nanomedicine. E.g. nanotubes can transport drugs through the human body
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How are carbon nanotubes very strong?
Carbon Nanotubes are very strong because they have carbon-carbon covalent bonds and each carbon nanotube is one large molecule.
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