[citation][nom]that man[/nom]When last I checked (admittedly, a decade ago), C-60, or Buckminsterfullerene ("Bucky Balls") was not possible to manufacture. It could be detected in trace amounts when burning various fuels, if I remember correctly, but it was only a minute percentage of various other forms of resultant carbon, all mixed together. Does there now exist a way to manufacture and isolate economically feasible amounts of C-60?[/citation]
We've been able to manufacture graphene, fullerenes, nanotubes, etc. etc. for quite a while now, granted this might not be the easiest/cheapest thing to do. I don't know if it is economically feasible, but we've been improving with this sort of work very much and it might be. If transistors made from them can be produced on current fab's technology like these scientists claim, then it would seem that we can manufacture them fairly well.