Research project

Molecular Endofullerenes

Project overview

This project consists of the synthesis and multidisciplinary investigation of small molecules trapped inside fullerene cages. The host molecules in these unique molecular systems behave as quantum rotors and exhibit phenomena such as spin isomerism, spin isomer conversion, quantised molecular motion, and quantum-rotor induced hyperpolarization.

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Malcolm Levitt

Professor of Chemistry

Research interests

  • Magnetic Resonance
  • Endofullerenes
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Other researchers

Professor Richard Whitby

Professor of Chemistry

Research interests

  • Synthesis, properties and application of atomic and molecular endofullerenes.
  • The use of flow chemistry for the rapid acquisition of mechanistic and process information.
  • The synthesis of polyaromatic molecules for optoelectronic applications.
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Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs

Sally Bloodworth, John Gravisk, Shamim Alom, Karel Kouril, Stuart Elliott, Neil J. Wells, Anthony J. Horsewill, Salvatore Mamone, Mónica Jiménez-Ruiz, Stéphane Rols, Urmas Nagel, Toomas Rõõm, Malcolm H. Levitt & Richard J. Whitby, 2018, ChemPhysChem, 19, 266-276
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Karel Kouril, Christopher Wickens, Benno Meier, Shamim Alom, John Grasvik, Richard J. Whitby & Malcolm H. Levitt, 2017, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2017(19), 11793-11801
Type: article
Adrea Krachmalnicoff, Richard Bounds, Salvatore Mamone, Shamim Alom, Maria Concistre, Benno Meier, Karel Kouril, Mark E. Light, Mark R. Johnson, Stéphane Rols, Anthony J. Horsewill, Anna Shugai, Urmas Nagel, Toomas Rõõm, Marina Carravetta, Malcolm H. Levitt & Richard J. Whitby, 2016, Nature Chemistry, 8(10), 953-957
Type: article
Salvatore Mamone, Mark R. Johnson, Jacques Ollivier, Stéphane Rols, Malcolm H. Levitt & Anthony J. Horsewill, 2016, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 18(3), 1998-2005
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