An introduction to the current state of theory in a new and lively field, this volume offers both students and researchers a practical guide. It features a comprehensive set of pictures of fullerene structures and tabulates their properties. In addition, it lists a computer program that will extend the tables as needed.
Seven chapters of descriptive material precede over 200 pages of tables with corresponding diagrams and serve as a self-contained introduction. Topics include fullerene cages, electronic structure, steric strain, symmetry and spectroscopy, fullerene isomerization, and carbon gain and loss. Each chapter concludes with references and notes.
"This atlas provides fullerene researchers with a systematically arranged set of fullerene structrues and some of their associated molecular properties."--
Journal of American Chemical Society"This book is well written and contains many valuable references for the interested reader. Its strongest point is the comprehensive catalogue (almost 200 pages of pictures and tables) of the many differenct fullerene isomers that occur for a given molecular mass." --
American Scientist