ABSTRACT

Recently, carbon and silicon research has seen an outburst of new structures, experimentally observed or theoretically predicted (e.g., small fullerenes, heterofullerenes, schwarzite, and clathrates) with attractive properties. This book reviews these exotic futuristic species and their potential applications and critically examines the predicting

chapter 1|6 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|76 pages

Carbon Properties

chapter 3|38 pages

Silicon Properties

chapter 4|42 pages

Silicon Carbon Properties

chapter 5|50 pages

Carbon: From Bulk to Small Clusters

chapter 6|32 pages

Silicon: From Bulk to Small Clusters

chapter 8|18 pages

Cage Like Materials: Application