Google has a new doodle in its collection and this time it’s an animated buckyball. Google is celebrating the 25th anniversary of buckyball through an interactive animated doodle. Naturally, many Google users are wondering about buckyball. Buckyball is a carbon molecule structure which was discovered in 1985 by James Heath and several other scientists at the Rice University.
Shaped like a hollow sphere, the buckyball is strictly composed of carbon atoms. A model structure of buckyball could be like a wire-framed football. Buckyball is the first ball-shaped molecule of the family of carbon molecules.
Since the discovery of buckyball, several molecules with similar arrangements have been found for instance, nano onions and bucktubes etc. With the discovery of buckyball, a whole new domain of research on carbon allotropes opened up.
After its discovery, buckyball was extensively studied for its possible usage in electronics.
In Google’s doodle, the buckyball takes the place of Google’s second ‘o’. It revolves and then turns if the user moves the mouse over it and spins otherwise. Google users can click on the buckyball doodle to learn more about it through Google search.
Earlier this year, Google celebrated the 30th anniversary of Pacman through a one-of-its-kind doodle. The doodle was so popular that Google decided to host the Pacman game forever.
Buckyball is the second doodle which has earned so much popularity due to its different type. Google has successfully commemorated the buckyball anniversary through this doodle.
Bucky Ball