Carbon fullerenes now have metallic cousins, 'hollow golden cages'

Scientists have uncovered a class of gold atom clusters that are the first known metallic hollow equivalents of the famous hollow carbon fullerenes known as buckyballs. The evidence for what their discoverers call "hollow golden cages" appeared today in the online early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news66932851.html">Carbon fullerenes now have metallic cousins, 'hollow golden cages'</a></p> <p>Scientists have uncovered a class of gold atom clusters that are the first known metallic hollow equivalents of the famous hollow carbon fullerenes known as buckyballs. The evidence for what their discoverers call "hollow golden cages" appeared today in the online early edition of the <i>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences</i>.</p>