Definition
Exohedral fullerenes refer to (describe) the main covalent chemical functionalization carried out on these molecular carbon forms to obtain soluble and processable structures with modified properties.
Introduction
Fullerenes are highly symmetric closed cages formed by a well-defined number of carbon atoms [1–5]. Therefore, they represent the third and only molecular allotropic form of carbon. Interestingly, far from being an academic curiosity, fullerenes have been in our planet from its very beginning as well as in the outer space in big amounts.
However, with the name of fullerenes, we also refer to other important different forms in which carbon can appear. Thus, multiwalled and single-walled carbon nanotubes, and the most recent graphene, whose outstanding properties have provoked a great excitement and expectations in the scientific community, are among the most important classes of carbon nanoforms....
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Filippone, S., Martín, N. (2014). Exohedral Fullerenes. In: Kobayashi, S., Müllen, K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Polymeric Nanomaterials. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36199-9_332-1
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