Author, as appears in the article.: Rodríguez, A. ; Mulet-Gas, M. ; Abella, L.; Ceron, M. ; Castro, E. ; Marshall, A.; Echegoyen, L. ; Poblet, J. M. ; Dunk, P.

Department: Química Física i Inorgànica

URV's Author/s: RODRÍGUEZ FORTEA, ANTONIO; Mulet-Gas, M. ; Abella, L.; Ceron, M. ; Castro, E. ; Marshall, A.; Echegoyen, L. ; POBLET RIUS, JOSEP MARIA; Dunk, P.

Keywords: cluster-encapsulated Fullerene doped graphite

Abstract: An ultimate goal in carbon nanoscience is to decipher formation mechanisms of highly ordered systems. Here, we disclose chemical processes that result in formation of high-symmetry clusterfullerenes, which attract interest for use in applications that span biomedicine to molecular electronics. The conversion of doped graphite into a C80 cage is shown to occur through bottom-up self-assembly reactions. Unlike conventional forms of fullerene, the iconic Buckminsterfullerene cage, Ih-C60, is entirely avoided in the bottom-up formation mechanism to afford synthesis of group 3-based metallic nitride clusterfullerenes. The effects of structural motifs and cluster–cage interactions on formation of compounds in the solvent-extractable C70–C100 region are determined by in situ studies of defined clusterfullerenes under typical synthetic conditions. This work establishes the molecular origin and mechanism that underlie formation of unique carbon cage materials, which may be used as a benchmark to guide future nanocarbon explorations.

Research group: Química Quàntica

Thematic Areas: Química Química Chemistry

licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

ISSN: 2041-1723

Author identifier: 0000-0001-5884-5629; ; ; ; ; ; ; 0000-0002-4533-0623;

Record's date: 2018-03-05

Journal volume: 8

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Link to the original source: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-01295-9

Funding program: plan; CTQ2014-52774-P altres; 2014SGR199

Article's DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01295-9

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2017

First page: 1222

Publication Type: Article Artículo Article