Fullerenes and Related Structures

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XI

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2. Principles of Fullerene Reactivity

   • Andreas Hirsch

   Pages 1-65

3. Ring Opening Reactions of Fullerenes: Designed Approaches to Endohedral Metal Complexes

   • Yves Rubin

   Pages 67-91

4. Heterofullerenes

   • Jan C. Hummelen, Cheryl Bellavia-Lund, Fred Wudl

   Pages 93-134

5. The Higher Fullerenes: Covalent Chemistry and Chirality

   • Carlo Thilgen, François Diederich

   Pages 135-171

6. Fullerene Materials

   • Maurizio Prato

   Pages 173-187

7. Nanotubes: A Revolution in Materials Science and Electronics

   • Mauricio Terrones, Wen Kuang Hsu, Harold W. Kroto, David R. M. Walton

   Pages 189-234

8. Back Matter

   Pages 235-248

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The aesthetically pleasing molecular architectures of fullerenes and nanotubes are appealing not only because of their beauty but also because they are responsible for the many unprecedented chemical and physical properties of this compound class. Although succession of exciting new discoveries continues unabated fullerene research has become a mature science. It is now possible to predict fullerene chemistry, to design new structure variations like open fullerene clusters, heterofullerenes and endohedral fullerenes, and to develop fullerene materials and modified nanotubes with high potential for technological applications. This volume represents the state-of-the-art of fullerene research, focussing on areas showing high potential for future growth and practical applications. The authors are leading scientists whose groups are making major contributions in the field.

• Fulleren
• Fullerene
• Fullerenes
• Heterofullerene
• Kohlenstoffreiche Verbindungen
• Nanoröhren
• Nanotube
• carbon rich compounds
• cluster
• heterofullerenes
• nanotubes

• Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

  Andreas Hirsch

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