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

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 …

After the discovery of fullerene-C60, it took almost two decades for the possibility of boron-
based fullerene structures to be considered. So far, there has been no experimental …

Photoelectron spectroscopy (PES) in combination with computational chemistry has been
used systematically over the past decade to elucidate the structures and chemical bonding …

Carbon-based nanomaterials have rapidly advanced over the last few decades. Fullerenes,
carbon nanotubes, graphene and its derivatives, graphene oxide, nanodiamonds, and …

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 …

First-principles calculations based on density-functional theory reveal some unusual
properties of BN sheet functionalized with hydrogen and fluorine. These properties differ …

The isolated pentagon rule (IPR) is now widely accepted as a general rule for determining
the stability of all-carbon fullerene cages composed of hexagons and pentagons. Fullerenes …

We have demonstrated that the electronic and magnetic properties of graphene sheet can
be delicately tuned by surface modification. Applying an external electric field to a fully …

Azulene-based conjugated systems are of great interests due to their unusual structures and
photophysical properties. Incorporation of a transition metal into azulene skeleton presents …