When buckminsterfullerene was discovered in 1985, 1 Kroto suggested that it could be “the
first example of a spherical aromatic molecule”. Later, at about the time when Krätschmer …

This paper reviews the properties and phases of fullerenes and their derivatives and
compounds under high pressures. For obvious reasons most of the paper deals with C60 …

High-level quantum mechanical (QM) calculations are indispensable for accurate
explanation of natural phenomena on the atomistic level. Their staggering computational …

We present a systematic study for numerical atomic basis orbitals ranging from H to Kr,
which could be used in large scale O (N) electronic structure calculations based on density …

As currently implemented, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) relies on the protons of water
molecules in tissue to provide the NMR signal. Protons are, however, notoriously difficult to …

The kinetics of the primary event in vision have been resolved with the use of femtosecond
optical measurement techniques. The 11-cis retinal prosthetic group of rhodopsin is excited …

Abstract STRUCTURAL studies1–. 3 of crystalline C60 (ref. 4) have indicated that at room
temperature the C60 molecules are orientationally disordered and the crystal structure may …

Electron diffraction patterns of the fullerene C60 in the gaseous state have been obtained by
volatilizing it from a newly designed oven-nozzle at 730° C. The many peaks of the …

Although fullerenes can be efficiently generated from graphite in high yield, the route to the
formation of these symmetrical and aesthetically pleasing carbon cages from a flat graphene …

Single-crystal x-ray diffraction methods were used to determine the crystal and molecular
structure of C60 buckminsterfullerene. At 110 kelvin C60 is cubic, apparent Laue symmetry …