Noble gas endohedral fullerenes
Said Jalife, Jessica Arcudia, Sudip Pan, Gabriel Merino
Abstract
This review focuses on the available experimental and theoretical investigations on noble gas (Ng) endohedral fullerenes, addressing essential questions related to the mutual effects that confinement of one or more Ng atoms induces on the electronic structure, bonding, and different properties of fullerenes. It also summarizes the different contributions to the mechanisms of formation and decomplexation, the reactivity towards Diels-Alder cycloaddition reactions, the chemical bonding situation of Ng endohedral fullerenes, and the interactions that dominate within these systems.
Topics & Concepts
FullereneEndohedral fullereneNoble gasReactivity (psychology)NanotechnologyMaterials scienceComputational chemistryChemistryChemical physicsAtomic physicsPhysicsOrganic chemistryMedicinePathologyAlternative medicineAdvanced Chemical Physics StudiesFullerene Chemistry and ApplicationsInorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds