Movies and Television
- In the television series Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda, fullerenes are common materials, used in the construction of high-durability objects such as ship hulls and body armor. In addition, in lieu of tractor beams, ships use buckycables to ensnare and pull other ships.
- In the Star Trek fictional universe, the fullerene carbon-70 is one of the primary constituents of the late 24th century communicators.
- In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Firstborn", Worf's son, Alexander, wields a model of a Fullerene.
- In the 2007 remake of The Andromeda Strain, buckyballs are the encapsulating structure around the Andromeda "organism" which collides with the Project Scoop satellite.
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