Fullerenes Terms Links

By now the term fullerene" appears to have achieved uniform acceptance as the general name for hollow carbon structures composed of 12 pentagonal rings and some number of six-mem-bered rings linked together to form a geodesic dome. To discuss the various possible sorts of doped fullerene molecules and materials in a concise fashion, a systematic symbolism and naming convention will need to be worked out. In what follows we need at least to make an initial stab at the first part of this problem. 

Fullerene consists of molecular balls made of 60 (termed C60) or more carbon atoms clusters linked together [74-76]. Each of the carbon atoms has two single bonds and one double bond that attach to other carbon atoms. This causes C60 to act more like a supeialkene and superaromatic [74-76]. 

With the term all-fullerene polymers are intended specifically those materials or structures constituted exclusively by fullerene units covalently linked to each other. Some authors refer to them as intrinsic polymers [17]. 

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