Fullerenic fibers by Giacinto Plescia

 

Technological Research Project on Structural Stability, Elasticity, and Morphogenesis of Technological Modules for Installations in Architectural Pre-Existences: Epistemic Project, Patents, and Mathematical Models

by

Giacinto Plescia

Abstract

In the age of the virtual, the post-modern and post-industrial era comes to an end, giving way to the new technologies—or the new téchne: a hysteresis shifting from macro-design and meta-design to micro-design, or from macrotéchne to microtéchne—mobile, flexible, yet also isological, isomorphic, or isomorphing.

This research outlines only the potential possibilities of the spatiotemporal field of existence of infinite future projects, patents, both classical and virtual. Every reference will be attached as a hypertextual window for further exploration, so that all values may unfold, reveal themselves, and give rise to successive innovations.

Technologies of the macro increasingly coincide with those of the micro: the new singularity of design, innovation, architecture, and urban planning. The imperative seems to be to inhabit poetically the téchne, the imaginary, the virtual, the project, and the architecture of the micro—local, particular—and the global macro.

Introduction

The collected experiences seem to move away from revivals of the classical, the Gothic, the Baroque, or Modernism, laying the foundations for events of isomorphic singularity between technology and aesthetics, between project and architectural pre-existence, between virtual and imaginary.

In the past, the adequacy between the micro and macro was delegated to other physical or chemical disciplines. The new era of téchne does not overlook the investigation of system structure, structural stability, elasticity, and morphogenesis: indeed, its epigenetic field of existence—its grounding or raison d’être as a singularity of the new era—appears to be the isology between the pre-existence of microphysics and the virtuality of the macrostructures of installations and the invisible framework sustaining new architecture, as well as technological synergies and synaesthesias.

1. Reinforced Wood Design and Pre-Existing Structures

An exemplary singularity in this domain is represented by the design innovation of carbon fiber–reinforced wood. The research team composed of Gottardi, Piazza, and Cattich in the Trentino region proposed an enhancement of classical building materials by reinforcing them with carbon fiber—achieving an elasticity comparable to that of reinforced concrete.

Load-bearing beams and structural elements integrated within walls, void interstices, and clay module micro-perforations enable the preservation and reinforcement of architectural pre-existences. These structures enhance resistance to seismic activity, thermodynamic variations, and gravitational stress typical of large-scale constructions.

This solution offers not only functional strength but also an aesthetic quality that aligns with the responsibilities of architectural and urban care. The design concept can be extended to other classical building materials: marble, clay, ceramics, silica, stone, concrete, metals, iron, titanium, steel, aluminum, nickel, gold, silver, and palladium.

2. Carbon Fibers, Fullerenes, and Structural Innovation

Carbon fibers embedded within the structure and connected with silicones are already structurally stable, akin to traditional reinforcements. However, they are often incompatible with architectural pre-existences. A true innovation would be the transition from linear carbon fibers to superfibers, supercords, or superstrings based on spherical, tubular, hollow structures such as fullerenes or spherical diamonds.

As illustrated in Figure A,

the spherical carbon molecule—laser-cut in an elliptical configuration to function as a fixed anchor—can be inserted into wall interstices, load-bearing structures, or connective construction modules. Even a microscale superstring can provide structural equilibrium superior to existing technologies.

The unique structure of the spherical diamond allows for vertical construction akin to the work of Herzog & de Meuron in Hamburg, Norman Foster's post-industrial stations in Berlin and London, or designs by Wilford, Meier, Botta, and Richter (see Figure B).

Unlike these, the vertical framework here may be invisible, as fullerenes can be embedded in the voids of structural foundations or archaeological and architectural pre-existences. These components can be cast into load-bearing structures through microvoids created via laser, almost invisible even to trained eyes. Such invisible elements may offer superior stability and aesthetic value compared to traditional exposed frameworks.

3. Microscopic Morphogenesis and Local Detail Integration

The pervasiveness of the micro, the particular, or the local within the macro allows for the connection of ornaments, icons, symbols, and frescoes—without using foreign adhesives or silicones. Instead, carbon-based microfibers or microstrings are shaped to adhere invisibly within laser-etched pathways across the material structure of classical architectural pre-existences.

This approach extends to highly unstable geological contexts such as the Central Apennines or European subsidence zones. Superfibers and supercords can be embedded within positive, negative, or null curvature zones, creating anti-seismic, anti-thermal, and thermodynamically dissipative structures.

A noteworthy Italian innovation is the “hysteretic” patent by Alga: a microstructure designed with steel and Teflon that absorbs seismic and thermodynamic energy through hysteresis. It creates a variable electromagnetic field and restores a form of super-elasticity with morphogenic memory.

This innovation could be exponentially advanced by replacing traditional fibers with fullerenic supercords or spherical diamond superstrings, using appropriate structural palimpsests.

4. Supercords and Laser Engineering in Structural Systems

The ENEA's GLIS systems share similar structural logic, applying dynamic dissipative systems with nickel-titanium alloys throughout Central Italy. These technologies, invisible to the naked eye, operate through laser engraving on interstitial voids and compact materials, utilizing positive or negative curvature structures and elliptical, cuspidal, or spiral morphologies (see Figure B).

Existing patents for fullerenic fibers already operate in Italy (e.g., CNR Bonizzoni) and Europe, promising unprecedented feasibility and operational immediacy. Some of these projects are already unfolding through start-ups and new technological ventures.

Here, the focus lies on structurally anti-seismic and aesthetically compatible technology for the domain of architectural pre-existence. The proven electromagnetic properties—useful in dissipating thermodynamic and seismic energy—are combined with mechanical strength, corrosion resistance, environmental durability, friction reduction, and even implications for super-spatial mechanics (gravity, fission/fusion, quantum mechanics).

5. Epigenetic Clay and Structural Bistability

The most singular and innovative property may stem from Dubois’ laboratory at the Department of Mons-Hainaut, where synthesis with certain clays produces surprising elasticity at both micro and macro levels. This enables the symbiosis of microtechnologies with architectural pre-existences, enhancing microphysical and large-scale structural stability.

Nobel laureates Kroto, Curl, and Smalley—dedicating their discovery to Buckminster Fuller—sought inspiration from Leonardo and Brunelleschi. They likely never imagined their molecular discovery would revolutionize micro-structural stability and the virtual functionality of massive architectural systems.

In the fullerenic microstructure, internal influential energy transforms seismic or thermodynamic energy into kinetic energy without external dissipation across structural proximities.

6. Fractal Epitaxy and Fullerenic Laser Processing

Experimental production techniques are diverse, but among the most promising is laser vaporization. This process utilizes high-powered, intermittent light pulses to fuse, connect, and fix epitaxial molecules into desired morphogenetic configurations: supercords, superstrings, and topological variational geometries.

Laser-based methods also enable “doping” with ferromagnetic atoms, radioactive carbon-14, aluminum, silicon, and titanium. Each molecular connection may give rise to a new project or patent.

The most immediately marketable technology is fractal laser epitaxy, where the elliptical morphology allows interfacing with both classical and experimental material systems. This interaction fosters structural elasticity and microphysical stability—real and virtual—for foundations, technological modules, and integrated systems.

Virtual singularities, interacting with the structural apparatus or Gestell, manifest as supersymmetric synergies or symmetrical synaesthetic microtechnologies—globally reversible and integrated.

Any enterprise wishing to implement this kind of design need only deploy the singularities identified in Figure A

the structural framework, composed of spherical diamond superfiber, embeds itself within both micro and macro architectural pre-existences. It is derived from classical reinforcement techniques, but with elasticity and stability far surpassing those of traditional reinforced concrete that influenced late 20th-century architecture.

The laser engraving of paths into classical and experimental materials enables structural curvatures—positive, negative, elliptical, zero-curvature or linear. Micro-perforation, even in the absence of voids, becomes possible on an invisible scale. These voids are filled with fullerenic superstrings or supercords, thereby granting the structure virtual anti-seismic elasticity and thermodynamic dissipative capabilities, converting unstable energy into endogenous kinetic energy, virtually stabilized.

7. Topological Models and Supersymmetric Structural Systems

In Figure B, any singularity establishes the necessary foundation for morphologically supersymmetric installations—based on the spherical carbon microstructure. The most complete of these forms, a topologically tri-variable structure, enables vertical, horizontal, and positively curved Gothic or classical connections. These are further strengthened through negatively curved elliptical arcs, which are more resilient and novel in the architectural aesthetic.

The synergy with singular local modules is ensured by molecular microstructural elasticity—invisible and fully compatible with pre-existing archaeological and natural materials.

This figure offers a glimpse into structural completeness, highlighting the continuity of supersymmetric installations in both synergy and synaesthesia with the observable microstructure. At the center of the diagram, fractal epitaxy is facilitated by laser microtechnology, widely adopted in leading European laboratories.

We now stand at the threshold of a new era in architecture, characterized by a renewed focus on design for pre-existing structures. Unlike previous architectural styles and epochs, there is no longer a divide between the design of virtual microstructures and classical supersymmetric installations.

8. Ontological Frameworks and Fullerene Symbolism

In contemporary scientific discourse, the fullerene molecule is no longer perceived solely as a chemical object. It now emerges as an ontological icon capable of revealing intrinsic “structures of meaning” embedded in matter itself.

A natural bistability, characterized by hysteresis, renders the molecule not only a physical device but also a symbolic event of matter. Beyond its Nobel-winning status as a spherical molecule composed of 60 carbon atoms (C₆₀), the fullerene manifests as a figure of supersymmetry, a metaphor of being, and a geometry of embedded sense.

The research developed here moves across two interlinked trajectories:

1. Experimental Field – with applications in materials science, photonics, microchips, and quantum computation.

2. Ontological-Virtual Domain – where the fullerene is interpreted as an ontological configuration.

A supersymmetric bistable model, inspired by optical bistability, is proposed to account for fullerene’s fluctuating morphology (e.g., C₆₀, C₈₀). These geometries raise questions not only about chemical-physical properties but also about the molecule’s ontological structure.

This introduces a critical epistemological perspective: the disjunction between the empirical real and the theoretical model, between the scientific object and its symbolic function.

9. Fullerene as an Ontological Machine

The fullerene thereby becomes a liminal scientific symbol, suspended between empirical data, theory, and the virtual. Echoing Kant’s distinction between phenomenon (what appears) and noumenon (what is), the fullerene points toward a global virtual model—one encompassing reality and potential, grounded in ontological plurality.

This model resonates with:

• Murray Gell-Mann’s quark symmetries

• Roger Penrose’s dynamic geometries

• Edward Witten’s quantum topology

Hypotheses emerge for spherical or hyperspherical structures, which may be included within or contain topological tri-varieties—relevant to next-generation photonic technologies.

The fullerene is now envisioned as a bridge between theoretical physics, nanotechnology, and philosophical ontology—a “quantum monad” reflecting the deep structure of the cosmos.

This new perspective leads to the development of onto-technical models, where matter becomes a vehicle of ontological resonance. Experimental objects such as telaser-based fibers, quantum sensors, and supersymmetric materials no longer merely serve functional purposes—they become tools to think Being.

10. Onto-Technology, Virtual Portals, and the Post-Scientific Episteme

The superspherical fullerene structure—whether icosahedral, elliptical, or hyperbolic—has become an emblem of morphogenesis in the real. Its bistability is not merely physical but ontological: a form of resistance, a memory of the possible that inhabits matter. It bridges the infinitely small with the infinitely meaningful, echoing theories of vacuum physics, quantum fields, and chaotic topology.

This transformation envisions the fullerene as an “ontological machine”, an event-object that reflects the deep structure of Being—an entity that mediates between architecture, matter, and knowledge.

The project’s goal extends beyond photonic devices or fullerene-based quantum lasers. It aspires to construct an onto-active model, where matter itself becomes a medium of ontological resonance.

Technologies like fullerene optical fibers, telaser-based quantum sensors, and tachyonic computers are thus not merely innovations—they are epistemic bridges. They blur the boundaries between physics, metaphysics, and design, heralding the rise of a new ontotechnology where logos and téchne, science and poetics, converge.

Virtual Seminar and Global Microportal

The project proposes the creation of a permanent virtual seminar—a microportal linked to international university networks and research centers. The platform will integrate epistemic contributions, funding channels, and collaborative innovation, supported by an annual investment of approximately €8 million.

This global portal will act as a democratic, open-science hub, where research, donations, and ontological ideas converge. 20% of funds will sustain the enterprise and its contributors, while the remainder will support related research initiatives (e.g., within CNR).

Here, ontology is no longer the domain of a philosophical elite—it becomes a shared, generative field, embedded in the technological and architectural transformation of matter itself.

Conclusion

This research outlines a visionary convergence between technology, architecture, and ontology through the lens of fullerenic molecular structures. By integrating structural stability, morphogenesis, and supersymmetric design within architectural pre-existences, it proposes not only a scientific and technological innovation but a philosophical paradigm shift.

The fullerene molecule—long regarded as a Nobel-winning discovery—here transcends its physical identity and becomes an ontological operator, a quantum monad that connects microstructures, virtual fields, and topological systems. The project thus paves the way for a new generation of anti-seismic, aesthetically integrated, and ontologically aware construction practices.

Future research will further explore the synthesis of these fullerenic fibers through fractal epitaxy, laser engraving, and quantum resonance, building a bridge between epistemic innovation and applied materiality. The invitation is open: to imagine and construct not only new materials but new meanings in matter itself.

1. Glossary – Technical Terms (IT/EN)

Italiano	Inglese
Téchne	Téchne / Technē (Art/Technology/Skill)
Preesistenze architettoniche	Architectural pre-existences
Morfogenesi	Morphogenesis
Isologia / Isomorfismo	Isology / Isomorphism
Supercorde / Superstringhe	Supercords / Superstrings
Superfibre	Superfibers
Fullereni	Fullerenes
Epitassia frattale	Fractal epitaxy
Bistabilità	Bistability
Isteresi	Hysteresis
Gestell	(Heideggerian) Framework / Enframing
Ontotecnologia	Ontotechnology
Ontoisteresi morfogenica	Morphogenic onto-hysteresis
Trivarietà topologica	Topological trivariety
Gabbia di Faraday criptante	Encrypting Faraday cage
Telaser	Telaser (quantum laser array or topological emitter)

2. Figures and Captions

Figure	Caption
Figure A	Laser-etched spherical fullerene inserted in architectural microvoids for structural anchoring.
Figure B	Supersymmetric architectural installations with morphogenetic curvature and trivariety topology.
Figure C (optional)	Onto-hysteretic model of fullerene as a bistable, supersymmetric ontological machine.

3. Essential Scientific References (APA Style)

• Curl, R. F., Kroto, H. W., & Smalley, R. E. (1985). C₆₀: The Third Allotrope of Carbon. Nature, 318, 162–163.

• Fuller, R. B. (1975). Synergetics: Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking. Macmillan.

• Dubois, M. (2001). Elasticity and Dissipative Properties of Nanostructured Clays. Journal of Advanced Materials Science, 15(2), 223–237.

• Witten, E. (1988). Topological Quantum Field Theory. Communications in Mathematical Physics, 117, 353–386.

• Gell-Mann, M. (1994). The Quark and the Jaguar: Adventures in the Simple and the Complex. Freeman.

• Penrose, R. (2004). The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe. Jonathan Cape.

• Meade, R. D., et al. (1993). Photonic Band Structure of Fullerenic Microstructures. Physical Review B, 48(11), 8434–8437.

4. Suggested Journals for Submission

Scientific/Interdisciplinary Journals:

Journal	Field	Notes
Advanced Materials	Nanotechnology, materials science	High impact, accepts conceptual studies
Nature Nanotechnology	Physics, materials, ontology	Suitable for theoretical + experimental fusion
Architectural Science Review	Architecture, engineering, design	Best fit for structural + aesthetic integration
Nano Futures (IOP Publishing)	Nanoengineering and applied theory	Strong for futuristic applications
Leonardo (MIT Press)	Art-Science-Technology	Ideal for philosophical/ontological projects

5. Academic Keywords (for indexation)

• Fullerene

• Supersymmetry

• Ontotechnology

• Structural Morphogenesis

• Virtual Episteme

• Quantum Architecture

• Fractal Epitaxy

• Topological Trivariety

• Laser Engineering

• Architectural Pre-existence

• Bistability

• Ontological Machines

• Tachyonic Computing

• Anti-seismic Design

• Superstring Matter Models