One of the attractive properties of the hollow carbon clusters, known as fullerenes, is the
possibility to use them as robust containers for other species. Although an IUPAC …

Endohedral metallofullerenes (EMFs), a new class of hybrid molecules formed by
encapsulation of metallic species inside fullerene cages, exhibit unique properties that differ …

Increasing the temperature at which molecules behave as single-molecule magnets is a
serious challenge in molecular magnetism. One of the ways to address this problem is to …

Since their discovery in 1985 1 and their production on a preparative scale 5 years later, 2
fullerenes have attracted a great deal of attention. Their chemical modification has emerged …

Ever since the first experimental evidence of the existence of endohedral metallofullerenes
(EMFs) was obtained, the search for carbon cages with encapsulated metals and small …

The discovery of the fullerenes, the first molecular allotropes of carbon, in the gas phase in
19851 and the equally remarkable discovery of their synthesis in macroscopic amounts by …

Conspectus A characteristic phenomenon of lanthanide–fullerene interactions is the transfer
of metal valence electrons to the carbon cage. With early lanthanides such as La, a …

Lanthanide dimetallofullerenes with single-electron M–M bonds are an important class of
single molecular magnets and qubit candidates, but stabilization of their unique electronic …

Recent breakthroughs achieved in the chemical functionalization of endohedral
metallofullerenes (EMFs), especially single crystallographic X-ray characterizations of their …

The aim of this focus article is to emphasize those aspects of fullerene chemistry which
currently represent important challenges for the development and future applications of …