Once considered exotic, fullerenes are nowadays commonly synthesized and used in research; they include buckyballs, carbon nanotubes, carbon nanobuds and nanofibers.. 
Nigi ni a tun se iwadi ni akoko kanna nipasẹ Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Henry Catdish, ati Joseph priestleyley, ti o tọka si bi afefe sísun tabi afẹ́fẹ́ Phlocated.. 