1 million times denser than conventional crystals
You mean 1 million times smaller than conventional crystals They're actually less dense than real diamond!
You can only trap small nobel gas and metal atoms. Typically, covalent elements will react with the fullerene. Its been tried with hydrogen, e.g., look here, here, and here.
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1 million times denser than conventional crystals
You mean 1 million times smaller than conventional crystals They're actually less dense than real diamond!
You can only trap small nobel gas and metal atoms. Typically, covalent elements will react with the fullerene. Its been tried with hydrogen, e.g., look here, here, and here.
If you look at page 8 of the application, you will see that the provisional application (Ser. No. 60/033,743) was filed Dec 23 1996.