The names "fullerene" and "buckyball" are given after Richard Buckminster Fuller, popularizer of geodesic domes, which resemble the structure of fullerenes.. 
Ofarahan alalẹṣẹ onúnjẹ ṣiṣẹ́ latọwọ  cyanọbactéríà, Algae ati awọn ogbin, o si jaúnjẹ lilo ninu imin Alahámọ́ fun gbogbo emin toṣòro.. 