Nuclear and Radiation Chemical Approaches to Fullerene Science

Part I: The Structure of Fullerenes in Solid State. 1. Positron Annihilation in Fullerenes; C.S. Sundar. 2. Muon (muSR) Spectroscopy of the Fullerenes; E.J. Ansaldo. 3. Mössbauer Spectroscopy of Fullerene Compounds; Z. Klencsár, A. Vértes. 4. Radiotracers and Nuclear Decay Phenomena in the Study of Metallofullerenes; H. Nakahara, K. Sueki. Part II: The Structure of Fullerenes in Solution. 5. Radiation Chemical Studies of Fullerenes and Derivatives in Solution. Redox Processes, Excited States and Radical Reactions; K.-D. Asmus, D.M. Guldi. Part III: The Composition of Fullerenes: Endohedral Fullerenes. 6. Endohedral Rare-Gas Radiofullerenes by Nuclear Recoil; G.E. Gadd. 7. The Study of Endohedral Fullerenes and Heterofullerenes by Nuclear Recoil and MD Simulation; T. Ohtsuki, K. Ohno. 8. Fullerenes Radiolabelled on the Carbon Cage; K. Masumoto, et al. 9. Fullerene Radiopharmaceuticals; G.J. Ehrhardt, L.J. Wilson. Part IV: The Composition of Fullerenes: Impurities in Fullerenes. 10. Elemental Impurities in and the Effect of Neutron Irradiation on Fullerenes. Keyword index.