This article is cited in 106 papers

REVIEWS OF TOPICAL PROBLEMS

Fullerenes

A. V. Eletskii^a, B. M. Smirnov<sup>b

a</sup> Russian Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute", Moscow
^b Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Abstract: Contemporary studies of fullerenes-carbon clusters as C$_{60}$, C$_{70}$, C$_{76}$, C$_{84}$ etc., whose atoms are located on a spherical or ellipsoidal surface are reviewed. Fullerene structures, methods for producing them, processes involving fullerenes, and the production of fullerenes are considered. The properties of fullerites (carbon crystals consisting of fullerenes) and the properties of compounds are discussed.

PACS: 61.48.+c, 72.80.Rj, 78.30.Na

Received: August 3, 1992

DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0163.199302b.0033

 English version: Physics–Uspekhi, 1993, 36:2, 202–224