Trimetallic nitride endohedral fullerenes: experimental and theoretical evidence for the M3N6+@C2n6- model

Manuel N Chaur; Ramón Valencia; Antonio Rodríguez-Fortea; Josep M Poblet; Luis Echegoyen

doi:10.1002/anie.200802777

Trimetallic nitride endohedral fullerenes: experimental and theoretical evidence for the M3N6+@C2n6- model

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2009;48(8):1425-8. doi: 10.1002/anie.200802777.

Authors

Manuel N Chaur¹, Ramón Valencia, Antonio Rodríguez-Fortea, Josep M Poblet, Luis Echegoyen

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, 219 Hunter Laboratories, Clemson, SC 29631-0973, USA.

PMID: 19145619
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200802777

Abstract

Size doesn't matter: Metallic nitride endohedral fullerenes (MNEFs) exhibit redox properties that are not dependent on the size of the carbon cage, but on its electronic properties. These findings support the ionic model of MNEFs.