Endohedral metallofullerene molecular nanomagnets

Z Hu, S Yang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Magnetic lanthanide (Ln) metal complexes exhibiting magnetic bistability can behave as
molecular nanomagnets, also known as single-molecule magnets (SMMs), suitable for …

When metal clusters meet carbon cages: endohedral clusterfullerenes

S Yang, T Wei, F ** - Chemical society reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Fullerenes have the characteristic of a hollow interior, and this unique feature triggers
intuitive inspiration to entrap atoms, ions or clusters inside the carbon cage in the form of …

Theoretical study on the stabilities, electronic structures, and reaction and formation mechanisms of fullerenes and endohedral metallofullerenes

M Li, R Zhao, J Dang, X Zhao - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
The elucidation of geometries is the fundamental to further investigate and develop fullerene
chemistry, an epoch-making discipline since 1985. Although the geometries of fullerenes …

Bonding inside and outside Fullerene Cages

L Bao, P Peng, X Lu - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2018 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Concrete crystallographic results of endohedral metallofullerenes (EMFs)
disclose that the bonding within the metallic clusters and the interactions between the metal …

Lu2@C2n (2n = 82, 84, 86): Crystallographic Evidence of Direct Lu–Lu Bonding between Two Divalent Lutetium Ions Inside Fullerene Cages

W Shen, L Bao, Y Wu, C Pan, S Zhao… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Although most of the M2C2 n-type metallofullerenes (EMFs) tend to form carbide cluster
EMFs, we report herein that Lu-containing EMFs Lu2C2 n (2 n= 82, 84, 86) are actually …

Endohedral Metallofullerenes: An Ideal Platform of Sub‐Nano Chemistry

W Shen, L Bao, X Lu - Chinese Journal of Chemistry, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Comprehensive Summary The hollow cavity of fullerenes is an ideal host for the stabilization
of a variety of otherwise unstable metallic clusters, enabling the discovery of novel …

Endohedral metallofullerenes: New structures and unseen phenomena

W Shen, S Hu, X Lu - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Endohedral metallofullerenes (EMFs), namely fullerenes with metallic species encapsulated
inside, represent an ideal platform to investigate metal–metal or metal–carbon interactions …

Crystallographic characterization of Y 2 C 2n (2 n= 82, 88–94): direct Y–Y bonding and cage-dependent cluster evolution

C Pan, W Shen, L Yang, L Bao, Z Wei, P **… - Chemical …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Direct yttrium–yttrium bonding has been a long-sought puzzle in organometallic chemistry to
understand the catalytic processes that involve yttrium. Herein, we report the first …

Diuranium(IV) Carbide Cluster U2C2 Stabilized Inside Fullerene Cages

J Zhuang, L Abella, DC Sergentu, YR Yao… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Novel actinide cluster fullerenes, U2C2@ I h (7)-C80 and U2C2@ D 3 h (5)-C78, were
synthesized and fully characterized by mass spectrometry, single-crystal X-ray …

Crystallographic characterization of Lu 2 C 2n (2 n= 76–90): cluster selection by cage size

W Shen, L Bao, S Hu, L Yang, P **, Y **e… - Chemical …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The successful isolation and unambiguous crystallographic assignment of a series of
lutetium-containing endohedral metallofullerenes (EMFs), Lu2C2n (2n= 76, 78, 80, 84, 86 …