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Open AccessElectrosynthesis of buckyballs with fused-ring systems from PCBM and its analogue
[6,6]-Phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM), a star molecule in the fullerene field, has found wide applications in materials science. Herein, electrosynthesis of buckyballs with fused-ring systems has been...
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Open AccessActinide-lanthanide single electron metal-metal bond formed in mixed-valence di-metallofullerenes
Understanding metal-metal bonding involving f-block elements has been a challenging goal in chemistry. Here we report a series of mixed-valence di-metallofullerenes, ThDy@C2n (2n = 72, 76, 78, and 80) and ThY@C2n
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Open AccessA charged diatomic triple-bonded U≡N species trapped in C82 fullerene cages
Actinide diatomic molecules are ideal models to study elusive actinide multiple bonds, but most of these diatomic molecules have so far only been studied in solid inert gas matrices. Herein, we report a charge...
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Room-temperature logic-in-memory operations in single-metallofullerene devices
In-memory computing provides an opportunity to meet the growing demands of large data-driven applications such as machine learning, by colocating logic operations and data storage. Despite being regarded as th...
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Crystallographic Understanding of Photoelectric Properties for C60 Derivatives Applicable as Electron Transporting Materials in Perovskite Solar Cells
Hundreds of C60 derivatives stand out as electrontransporting materials(ETMs), for example, in perovskite solar cells(PSCs), due to their properties on electron extraction or defect passivation. However, it still...
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Open AccessCharacterization of a strong covalent Th3+–Th3+ bond inside an Ih(7)-C80 fullerene cage
The nature of the actinide-actinide bonds is of fundamental importance to understand the electronic structure of the 5f elements. It has attracted considerable theoretical attention, but little is known experimen...
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Open AccessFlexible decapyrrylcorannulene hosts
The assembly of spherical fullerenes, or buckyballs, into single crystals for crystallographic identification often suffers from disordered arrangement. Here we show a chiral configuration of decapyrrylcorannu...
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A Novel Chiral Coordination Polymer Built upon [AgSCN]n Chain and a Phenanthroline Ligand: Synthesis, Structure and Optical Property
A novel chiral coordination polymer [AgSCN(phen)]n (1) (phen = phenanthroline) has been designed and synthesized. Compound 1 has been obtained by solvothermal reaction of AgSCN and phenanthroline. The title compo...
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Synthesis of core–shell nanostructured magnetic photocatalyst Fe3O4@SiO2@Ag3PO4 with excellent visible-light-responding photocatalytic activity
A core–shell nanostructured magnetic photocatalyst Fe3O4@SiO2@Ag3PO4 with a grain size ranging from 200 to 400 nm was prepared via a facile and effective method. The as-prepared products were characterized using ...
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Self-assembly of dandelion-like Fe3O4@C@BiOCl magnetic nanocomposites with excellent solar-driven photocatalytic properties
A dandelion-like Fe3O4@C@BiOCl magnetic nanocomposites have been successfully synthesized through a self-assembly solvothermal process. The as-prepared photocatalyst was characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanni...
