Fullerenes and Related Structures

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hirsch, Andreas (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1999.
• Edition: 1st ed. 1999.
• Series: Topics in Current Chemistry, 199
• Subjects: Organic chemistry.; Atoms.; Physics.; Nanotechnology.; Condensed matter.; Inorganic chemistry.; Organic Chemistry.; Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics.; Nanotechnology and Microengineering.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Inorganic Chemistry.

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 cont...

Table of Contents:

• Principles of Fullerene Reactivity
• Ring Opening Reactions of Fullerenes: Designed Approaches to Endohedral Metal Complexes
• Heterofullerenes
• The Higher Fullerenes: Covalent Chemistry and Chirality
• Fullerene Materials
• Nanotubes: A Revolution in Materials Science and Electronics.