Transformation of doped graphite into cluster-encapsulated fullerene cages

An understanding of how caged carbon materials self-assemble from doped graphite is a long-standing challenge. Here, the authors show that distinct bottom-up processes lead to the synthesis of high-symmetry clusterfullerenes.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Marc Mulet-Gas, Laura Abella, Maira R. Cerón, Edison Castro, Alan G. Marshall, Antonio Rodríguez-Fortea, Luis Echegoyen, Josep M. Poblet, Paul W. Dunk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01295-9