Towards the Isomer??Specific Synthesis of Higher Fullerenes and Buckybowls by the Surface??Catalyzed Cyclodehydrogenation of Aromatic Precursors

K Amsharov, N Abdurakhmanova…

Index: Amsharov, Konstantin; Abdurakhmanova, Nasiba; Stepanow, Sebastian; Rauschenbach, Stephan; Jansen, Martin; Kern, Klaus Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2010 , vol. 49, # 49 p. 9392 - 9396

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Abstract

Carbon-based materials, such as fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, and graphene, are attracting increasing interest because of their remarkable properties and potential applications.[1, 2] Fullerenes are a unique family of cage molecules with a variety of sizes and shapes. Most effort thus far has focused on the study of C60 fullerene, for which superconducting properties have been demonstrated, along with high mechanical and ...