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Scrutinizing the Endohedral Space: Superatom States and Molecular Machines

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Endohedral Fullerenes: Electron Transfer and Spin

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In this chapter, we discuss two topics concerning the inner space of hollow molecules such as fullerenes, nanotubes, and even potentially materials like metal-organic frameworks. The first topic describes the special properties of electronic states, whose orbitals are not bound to specific atoms, but rather confined to vacuum region within the hollow molecules or materials. The second topic describes the dynamics of endohedral clusters within hollow molecules, whose motion can be manipulated by inelastic electron scattering , in order to realize a single-molecule switch .

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The authors thank J. Zhao, T. Huang, A. Popov, S. Yang, and L. Dunsch for their contributions to the research described herein. The authors acknowledge support from the W.M. Keck Foundation and the Division of Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences, Office of Basic Energy Sciences of the U.S. Department of Energy through Grant DE-FG02-09ER16056. We also thank support from NSFC 11574364 of China.

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Feng, M., Petek, H. (2017). Scrutinizing the Endohedral Space: Superatom States and Molecular Machines. In: Popov, A. (eds) Endohedral Fullerenes: Electron Transfer and Spin. Nanostructure Science and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47049-8_6

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