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 …

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 …

Endohedral metallofullerenes (fullerenes with metal atom (s) encapsulated) are novel forms
of fullerene-based materials which have attracted wide interest during the past eight years …

The idea that fullerenes might be able to encapsulate atoms and molecules has been
verified by the successful synthesis of a range of endohedral fullerenes, in which metallic or …

Time dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) was applied to a description of optically
allowed electronic transitions for C60 (I h), C70 (D 5 h), C76 (D 2), C78 (C 2 v), C78 (C 2 v ') …

Although fullerenes with metals encapsulated within a cage of carbon atoms have been
known since the beginning of fullerene chemistry,[1] progress in exploring their chemical …

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 …

Endohedral fullerenes belong to a new class of compounds which are technologically and
scientifically important owing to their unique structures and optoelectronic properties. This …

Density functional calculations have been performed on Sc3N@ C80 and Sc3N@ C78 to
examine the bonding between the scandium atoms and the fullerene cage. 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 …