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New Cages and Unusual Guests: Fullerene Chemistry Continues To Excite
Author(s) -
Hirsch Andreas
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3773(20010401)40:7<1195::aid-anie1195>3.0.co;2-s
Subject(s) - fullerene , chemistry , gas phase , nanotechnology , materials science , organic chemistry
Minifullerenes, bizarre cages, and highly reactive guests are currently causing a stir in fullerene chemistry. An example is C 20 , recently generated in the gas phase, which constitutes the smallest conceivable classical fullerene.