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The discovery of C60 and C70, icosahedral spherical and ellipsoidal carbon species in September 1985, followed by their successful synthesis in 1990, excited the imagination of many scientists and demanded a radical revision of old, seemingly well-founded preconceptions in carbon science, leading to the institution of a new, multidisciplinary science of chemistry, physics and materials science `in the round'. New, unique carbon materials have been discovered, like the nanotubes, buckyonions and endohedral metallofullerenes; and the fullerenes themselves, and their derivatives, have been found to possess a plethora of interesting properties, ranging from the inhibition of HIV-I protease to superconductivity and ferromagnetism. New and exciting material aplenty, all of which is here expertly reviewed by the founders of the science, as well as its most expert practitioners.
List of contents
Preface. Interstellar Grains and New Forms of Carbon: The Interaction of Two Fields of Science; W. Krätschmer. Synthesis and Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes; T.W. Ebbesen. Laser Desorption of Fullerenes and Hydrogenated Fullerenes; E.E.B. Campbell, R. Tellgman, C. Rüchardt, M. Gerst, J. Ebenhoch, H.-D. Beckhaus. Competing Factors in Fullerene Stability; P.W. Fowler, S.J. Austin, D.E. Manolopoulos. The Structure of Buckminsterfullerene Compounds; P.R. Birkett, J.D. Crane, P.B. Hitchcock, H.W. Kroto, M.F. Meidine, R. Taylor, D.R.M. Walton. Photophysical, Photochemical, and Chemical Reactions of Fullerenes and Dihydrofullerene Derivatives; C.S. Foote. The Addition of Diazo Compounds to C60 as a Way to the Understanding of the Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Fullerenes; F. Wundl, M. Prato, M. Maggini. Electronic Spectroscopy and Photophysics of Fullerenes; S. Leach. The Hyperfine Interactions of Free Radical Adducts of C60; J.R. Morton, K.F. Preston. Physics and Chemistry of Fullerenes from ab initio Molecular Dynamics; W. Andreoni. Molecular Structure, Crystal Field and Orientational Order in Solid C60; D. Lamoen, K.H. Michel. Solid State Properties of the C70 Fullerene; K. Prassides. Intercalation Compounds of Solid C60; J.E. Fischer. Alkali Metal Fullerides: Structural and Electronic Properties in Comparison with Previous Classes of Molecular Conductors; M.J. Rosseinsky. Electron-Phonon Coupling, Coulomb Pseudopotential mu and Physical Properties of C60 Compounds; O. Gunnarsson, V.P. Antropov, J. Fink, M.S. Golden, M. Knupfer, A.I. Liechtenstein, M. Merkel, D. Rainer, G. Zwicknagl. Vibrational Spectroscopy of Fullerites and Fullerides; H. Kuzmany, M. Matus, T. Pichler, J. Winter. Raman Scattering of Alkali-Metal Fullerides; J.S. Lannin, M.G. Mitch. Round Table Discussion -- Fullerene Chemistry; D.R.M. Walton. Solid State Properties of Fullerenes. Comments from a Round Table Discussion; P. Day. Round Table Discussion of Fullerenes in Astrophysics: Summary; S. Leach. Index.
Summary
The discovery of C60 and C70, icosahedral spherical and ellipsoidal carbon species in September 1985, and their synthesis in 1990, demanded a radical revision of preconceptions in carbon science. This book discusses the physics and chemistry of the fullerenes in this context.
