Structure and reactivity of endohedral (metallo)fullerenes

It all started in 1985, when Kroto, Smalley and Curl discovered by serendipity a new carbon allotrope. They synthesized for the first time the C60 molecule, and named it as ”Buckminsterfullerene”, because of the similarity between its structure and the famous geodesic dome designed by the architect...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: García Borràs, Marc
Other Authors: Luis Luis, Josep Maria
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Universitat de Girona 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10803/302920