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 …

Endohedral metallofullerenes (EMFs), a new class of hybrid molecules formed by
encapsulation of metallic species inside fullerene cages, exhibit unique properties that differ …

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The discovery of the fullerenes, the first molecular allotropes of carbon, in the gas phase in
19851 and the equally remarkable discovery of their synthesis in macroscopic amounts by …

The world of endohedral fullerenes was significantly enlarged over the past seven years by
the cluster fullerenes, which contain structures such as the M2C2 carbides and the M3N …

Extensive semiempirical calculations of the hexaanions of IPR (isolated pentagon rule) and
non-IPR isomers of C68− C88 and IPR isomers of C90− C98 followed by DFT calculations of …

Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of a functionalized trimetallic nitride endohedral
metallofullerene nanoparticle as a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging proton relaxation …

Ruling the cage: The bonding in trimetallic nitride template (TNT) endohedral
metallofullerenes is widely described by the ionic model Sc 3N6+@ Ck6-. The ability of the …

The first derivatives of Y3N@ C80 have been synthesized and fully characterized. 1, 3-
Dipolar cycloaddition of N-ethylazomethine ylide yielded mainly the pyrrolidine monoadduct …