Buckyballs turn on copper’s magnetism
Layers of carbon-atom cages steal electrons from certain metals, making them magnetic
MAGNETS-IN-WAITING Copper (left) and manganese are typically nonmagnetic, like nearly every other element on the periodic table. But expose the metals to buckyballs and they become magnetized.
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