2007 Volume 65 Issue 1 Pages 44-53
This review article describes recent developments in the studies of syntheses, structures, and properties of functional fullerene derivatives, including metal-fullerene complexes, hoop-shaped cyclic π-electron conjugated systems, and shuttlecock-shaped fullerene-containing liquid crystalline molecules. Electrochemistry, photophysics, luminescence, and supramolecular behaviors of these materials from the point of view of structural chemistry, are described.