PMID- 21720619
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20120221
LR  - 20111025
IS  - 1364-548X (Electronic)
IS  - 1359-7345 (Linking)
VI  - 47
IP  - 43
DP  - 2011 Nov 21
TI  - Fullerenes encaging metal clusters--clusterfullerenes.
PG  - 11822-39
LID - 10.1039/c1cc12318a [doi]
AB  - Clusterfullerenes represent a novel branch of endohedral fullerenes, which are 
      characterized by a robust fullerene cage with metal clusters encaged in its 
      hollow. Since the discovery of nitride clusterfullerenes (NCFs) in 1999, the 
      family of clusterfullerenes has been significantly expanded within the past 
      decade, with new members including carbide clusterfullerenes (CCFs), hydrocarbide 
      clusterfullerenes (HCCFs), oxide clusterfullerenes (OCFs), sulfide 
      clusterfullerenes (SCFs), and carbonitride clusterfullerenes (CNCFs). We first 
      present the classification of clusterfullerenes and list all the 
      clusterfullerenes reported to date. For each type of clusterfullerenes, we review 
      in detail their synthesis, separation, intriguing molecular structures and 
      properties. For NCFs, as the first and most important clusterfullerenes, we point 
      out the significance of their discovery and focus on their new synthesis and 
      separation methods as well as the new advances. Finally the potential 
      applications of clusterfullerenes are addressed. We conclude that 
      clusterfullerenes appear to be the fastest growing family of endohedral 
      fullerenes up to now, and emphasize the importance of exploring new structures 
      and chemical functionalizations of clusterfullerenes.
CI  - This journal is (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry 2011
FAU - Yang, Shangfeng
AU  - Yang S
AD  - Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, Department of 
      Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China 
      (USTC), Hefei 230026, China. sfyang@ustc.edu.cn
FAU - Liu, Fupin
AU  - Liu F
FAU - Chen, Chuanbao
AU  - Chen C
FAU - Jiao, Mingzhi
AU  - Jiao M
FAU - Wei, Tao
AU  - Wei T
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20110630
PL  - England
TA  - Chem Commun (Camb)
JT  - Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
JID - 9610838
EDAT- 2011/07/02 06:00
MHDA- 2011/07/02 06:01
CRDT- 2011/07/02 06:00
PHST- 2011/07/02 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/07/02 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/07/02 06:01 [medline]
AID - 10.1039/c1cc12318a [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Nov 21;47(43):11822-39. doi: 10.1039/c1cc12318a. Epub 
      2011 Jun 30.