Metal-Oxygen Isopolyhedra Assembled into Fullerene Topologies

摘要

Carbon-based fullerenes have received considerable attention since their discovery and are currently being produced on an industrial scale.Fullerenes are cage structures composed of 12 pentagons and several hexagons.Many fullerene topologies are possible,but selection criteria favor a small subset.C60 is the classic and most stable fullerene.No smaller fullerene can be built without its topology containing adjacent pentagons,which destabilize the structure through increased curvature.