Endohedral Clusterfullerenes: Future Perspectives

Although most endohedral fullerenes continue to be scientific curiosities for the most part, several are finding unique and promising applications due to their interesting physical and chemical properties. Herein, some future research directions and applications are described and discussed for this field. © The Author(s) 2017. Published by ECS. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 License (CC BY-NC-ND, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is not changed in any way and is properly cited. For permission for commercial reuse, please email: oa@electrochem.org. [DOI: 10.1149/2.0081706jss] All rights reserved.

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