La@C72 having a non-IPR carbon cage.
We show here that La@C72 has a non-IPR cage, unique electronic properties, and high reactivity by the spectroscopic and X-ray crystallographic analysis and the theoretical study. The isolation of La@C72 as a stable derivative might constitute an important stepping-stone on the way to isolation of these unknown metallofullerenes and open new material science of metallofullerenes.
Wakahara
Takatsugu
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Center for Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8577, Japan.
Nikawa
Hidefumi
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Kikuchi
Takashi
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Nakahodo
Tsukasa
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Rahman
G M Aminur
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Tsuchiya
Takahiro
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Maeda
Yutaka
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Akasaka
Takeshi
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Yoza
Kenji
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Horn
Ernst
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Yamamoto
Kazunori
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Mizorogi
Naomi
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Slanina
Zdenek
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Nagase
Shigeru
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