Trimetasphere

Trimetasphere carbon nanomaterials (TMS), also known as trimetallic nitride endohedral metallofullerenes, are a family of endohedral metallofullerenes (EMF). The first TMS adduct, a Diels–Alder cycloadduct of Sc₃N by C₈₀, was reported by Dorn et al. in 2002. It was not until 2005 that other derivatives were reported.^[1][2][3] The most abundant TMS consist of 80 carbon atoms encompassing and forming a complex with three metal atoms and a nitrogen atom (trimetallic nitride clusters, M₃N).

Examples

Examples of metals forming trimetallic nitride clusters include:^[4]

• Scandium, Sc₃N
• Yttrium, Y₃N
• Erbium, Er₃N
• Lutetium, Lu₃N
• Gadolinium, Gd₃N

See also

• Endohedral hydrogen fullerene

External links

• C₈₀