How unusual is C60? Magic numbers for carbon clusters

C60: Buckminsterfullerene

Harold W. Kroto, J. R. Heath, Sean C. O’Brien et al. · Nature · 1985 · 15.9K citations

Physical Principles in the Construction of Regular Viruses

D. L. D. Caspar, A. Klug · Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology · 1962 · 2.5K citations

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular Biology +16

Theoretical studies of icosahedral C60 and some related species

Anthony J. Stone, David J. Wales · Chemical Physics Letters · 1986 · 1.9K citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Science, Physics +12

Lanthanum complexes of spheroidal carbon shells

J. R. Heath, Sean C. O’Brien, Q. Zhang et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1985 · 1.2K citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Materials Science +10

A dense non-crystallographic packing of equal spheres

A. L. Mackay · Acta Crystallographica · 1962 · 1.2K citations

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Physics +11