One of the attractive properties of the hollow carbon clusters, known as fullerenes, is the
possibility to use them as robust containers for other species. Although an IUPAC …

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 …

Although fullerenes were discovered nearly three decades ago, the mechanism of their
formation remains a mystery. Many versions of the classic 'bottom-up'formation mechanism …

Confined systems often exhibit unusual behavior regarding their structure, stability,
reactivity, bonding, interactions, and dynamics. Quantization is a direct consequence of …

Gadolinium-containing endohedral fullerenes: structures and function as magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) agents - Dalton Transactions (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/C3DT53517G …

The synthesis and single‐crystal X‐ray structural characterization of the first endohedral
metallofullerene to contain a heptagon in the carbon cage are reported. The carbon …

Water-soluble derivatives of gadolinium-containing metallofullerenes have been considered
to be excellent candidates for new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents …

Endohedral metallofullerenes (EMFs) are a novel class of metal–carbon hybrid molecules
consisting of a fullerene shell and a metal core. Because of the presence of the internal …

Revealing the transformation routes among existing fullerene isomers is key to
understanding the formation mechanism of fullerenes which is still unclear now because of …

In this theoretical study we report on resonant and nonresonant electric-dipole (hyper)
polarizabilities of cyanoacetylene molecule confined by repulsive potentials of cylindrical …