Li Wang, Wang Chunru, Wang Taishan
Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongguancun North First Street 2, Beijing 100190, China.
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2021 Oct 7;57(80):10317-10326. doi: 10.1039/d1cc04218a.
Endohedral metallofullerenes have fascinating core-shell structures, with metal atoms or metal clusters encaged in fullerene cages, and they display various chemical, optical and magnetic properties derived from different types of fullerene cages and metal moieties. Fullerene cages can act as carriers to stabilize unusual cluster moieties. Many bizarre species that are hard to produce synthetic methods survive well under the protection of a fullerene cage, making metallofullerenes ideal platforms for generating new clusters and bonds. Fullerene cages can also be carriers to hold active unpaired electrons. Some metallofullerenes possess electron spin and show intriguing magnetic properties, making them applicable for use in quantum computing, high density information storage and magnetoreception systems. The exploration of new metallofullerenes is still ongoing, while function-oriented studies are also promoted for the future application of metallofullerenes. Herein, we highlight the recent progress in the synthesis, electron spin characteristics and magnetic properties of metallofullerenes. Discussions and an outlook on the future development of metallofullerenes are also stated.
内嵌金属富勒烯具有迷人的核壳结构，金属原子或金属簇被包裹在富勒烯笼中，并且它们展现出源自不同类型富勒烯笼和金属部分的各种化学、光学和磁性性质。富勒烯笼可以作为载体来稳定不寻常的簇部分。许多难以通过合成方法制备的奇异物种在富勒烯笼的保护下能很好地存在，这使得金属富勒烯成为生成新簇和键的理想平台。富勒烯笼还可以作为容纳活性未成对电子的载体。一些金属富勒烯具有电子自旋并表现出有趣的磁性，使其适用于量子计算、高密度信息存储和磁接收系统。新金属富勒烯的探索仍在进行中，同时也在推动面向功能的研究以促进金属富勒烯的未来应用。在此，我们重点介绍金属富勒烯在合成、电子自旋特性和磁性方面的最新进展。还阐述了对金属富勒烯未来发展的讨论和展望。
