Atomic clusters, consisting of a few to a few thousand atoms, have emerged over the past 40
years as the ultimate nanoparticles, whose structure and properties can be controlled one …

The successive discoveries of fullerenes1 and carbon nanotubes2 (CNTs) around 1990
triggered a hot wave of scientific research to explore the properties and applications of these …

The most abundant fullerene molecule, C 60, has just the right combination of size, chemical
stability, and activity to serve as the building block for a large variety of solids with …

Despite the amount of experimental and theoretical work on do**-induced
superconductivity in covalent semiconductors based on group IV elements over the past four …

Following the discovery of carbon fullerenes and carbon nanotubes, it was hypothesized
that nanoparticles of inorganic compounds with layered (two–dimensional) structure, such …

Density functional theory is demonstrated to reproduce the 13 C and 11 B NMR chemical
shifts of icosahedral boron carbides with sufficient accuracy to extract previously unresolved …

This review article explains the fundamental idea, basic theories, desired properties, and
material realizations of superconductors in a pedagogical manner. Organic …

The field of nanoscience was pioneered in the 1980s with the groundbreaking research on
clusters, which later led to the discovery of fullerenes. Handbook of Nanophysics: Clusters …

The adsorption process of sulfasalazine (SSZ), curcumin (CUR), and naproxen (NPX) on the
outer surfaces of pure and Ca-decorated C 20 fullerenes were evaluated in solvent (water) …

Alkali-doped fullerides have attracted strong interest since their production became possible
about fifteen years ago. This book presents recent work which may solve intriguing problems …