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 …

Carbon is an element with extremely versatile bonding properties and theoretical
calculations have suggested the possible existence of several hundred structural allotropes …

Fullerenes are graphitic cage structures incorporating exactly twelve pentagons. The
smallest possible fullerene is thus C20, which consists solely of pentagons. But the extreme …

Acetylenes are an important and valuable class of compounds in organic synthesis. This
book expands on this historically well-established concept, while incorporating the many …

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 study of pure carbon molecules has engaged great interest for many decades. 1
Molecules of this kind were first detected in astrophysical sources over a century ago and …

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 …

Aromaticity, 1 one of the most important concepts in chemistry, is confined not only to planar
twodimensional (2D) molecules but also can be extended to diverse structures of other …

Here we describe the smallest carbon nanotubes possible, prepared by the pyrolysis of
tripropylamine molecules in the channels of porous zeolite AlPO4-5 (AFI) single crystals …

First Self-Contained Source Entirely Dedicated to Nanocarbons Carbon nanotubes (CNTs)
attract a good deal of attention for their electronic, mechanical, optical, and chemical …