Abstract
Endohedral metallofullerenes: Density functional theory studies reveal that the smallest gadolinium nitride cluster fullerene, Gd3N@C 2(22010)-C78, not only possesses a high kinetic stability but also a high thermodynamic stability. Further investigations on the electronic structure, properties and IR vibrational frequencies expose the important covalent interaction between the metal cluster and the carbon cage.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 449-452 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | ChemPhysChem |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 2012 |
Keywords
- density functional calculations
- electronic structure
- fullerenes
- gadolinium
- thermodynamic stability