Endohedral Metallofullerenes : Fullerenes with Metal Inside.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Personal Reflection - Nori Shinohara -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 The First Experimental Evidence of Metallofullerenes -- 1.2 Early Years of Metallofullerene Research -- 1.3 Conventional and IUPAC Nomenclature for Metallofullerenes -- References -- Chapter 2 Synthesis, Extraction, and Purification -- 2.1 Synthesis of Endohedral Metallofullerenes -- 2.1.1 Laser-Furnace Synthesis -- 2.1.2 DC Arc-Discharge Synthesis -- 2.1.3 Ion Implantation Technique -- 2.2 Solvent Extraction of Metallofullerenes from Primary Soot -- 2.3 Purification and Isolation by HPLC -- 2.4 Fast Separation and Purification with Lewis Acids -- References -- Chapter 3 Molecular and Crystal Structures -- 3.1 Endohedral or Exohedral? A Big Controversy -- 3.2 Structural Analyses -- 3.2.1 Confirmation on Endohedral Structures as Determined by Synchrotron X-Ray Powder Diffraction -- 3.2.2 Dynamics of Metal Atoms within the Fullerene Cage -- 3.2.3 C60-Based Metallofullerene: Li@C60 -- 3.2.4 Crystal Structures -- 3.2.5 Single-Crystal Structural Characterization -- References -- Chapter 4 Electronic States and Structures -- 4.1 Electron Transfer in Metallofullerenes -- 4.2 ESR Evidence on the Existence of Structural Isomers -- 4.3 Electrochemistry of Metallofullerenes -- 4.4 Similarity in the UV-Vis-NIR Absorption Spectra -- 4.5 Fermi Levels and the Electronic Structures -- 4.6 Metal-Cage Vibration within Metallofullerenes -- References -- Chapter 5 Carbide and Nitride Metallofullerenes -- 5.1 Discovery of Carbide Metallofullerenes -- 5.2 Fullerene Quantum Gyroscope: an Ideal Molecular Rotor -- 5.3 Nitride Metallofullerenes -- References -- Chapter 6 Non-Isolated Pentagon Rule Metallofullerenes -- 6.1 Isolated Pentagon Rule -- 6.2 Non-IPR Metallofullerenes -- References.

Chapter 7 Oxide and Sulfide Metallofullerenes -- 7.1 Oxide Metallofullerenes -- 7.2 Sulfide Metallofullerenes -- References -- Chapter 8 Non-metal Endohedral Fullerenes -- 8.1 Nitrogen-Containing N@C60 -- 8.2 Phosphorous-Containing P@C60 -- 8.3 Inert Gas Endohedral Fullerenes He@C60, Ne@C60, Ar@C60, Kr@C60, and Xe@C60 -- 8.4 Hydrogen-Containing H2@C60 -- 8.5 Water-Containing H2O@C60 -- References -- Chapter 9 Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Studies of Metallofullerenes -- 9.1 STM Studies of Metallofullerenes on Clean Surfaces -- 9.2 Metallofullerenes as Superatom -- 9.3 STM/STS Studies on Metallofullerene Layers -- 9.4 STM/STS Studies on a Single Metallofullerene Molecule -- References -- Chapter 10 Magnetic Properties of Metallofullerenes -- 10.1 Magnetism of Mono-metallofullerenes -- 10.2 SXAS and SXMCD Studies of Metallofullerenes -- References -- Chapter 11 Organic Chemistry of Metallofullerenes -- 11.1 Cycloaddition Reactions -- 11.1.1 Disilylation -- 11.1.2 Azomethine Ylides -- 11.1.3 Bingel Cyclopropanation -- 11.1.4 [4+2] Diels-Alder Cycloaddition -- 11.1.5 [2+2] Cycloaddition -- 11.1.6 Carbenes -- 11.2 Radical Addition Reactions -- 11.3 Miscellaneous Reactions -- 11.4 Donor-Acceptor Dyads -- 11.5 Bis-adduct Formation -- 11.6 Supramolecular Functionalization -- 11.7 Purification of Metallofullerenes by Chemical Methods -- References -- Chapter 12 Applications with Metallofullerenes -- 12.1 Solar Cells -- 12.1.1 Metallofullerene-Based Solar Cells -- 12.1.2 Metallofullerenes Incorporating Phenyl Butyric Acid Methyl Ester Solar Cells -- 12.2 Biomedical Aspects of Water-Soluble Metallofullerenes -- 12.2.1 Metallofullerene-Based MRI Contrast Agents -- 12.2.2 Metallofullerenes for Radiotracers -- References -- Chapter 13 Growth Mechanism -- 13.1 Carbon Clusters: a Road to Fullerene Growth -- 13.2 Roles Played by Metal Atoms in the Fullerene Growth.

13.3 Top-Down or Bottom-Up Growth? -- 13.3.1 Top-Down Growth -- 13.3.2 Bottom-Up Growth -- References -- Chapter 14 M@C60: a Big Mystery and a Big Challenge -- 14.1 What Happens to M@C60? -- 14.2 A Big Challenge: Superconductive Metallofullerenes -- 14.3 Future Prospects -- References -- Index -- EULA.

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