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

Karel Kouril, Hana Kourilova, Samuel Bartram, Malcolm H. Levitt & Benno Meier, 2019, Nature Communications, 10
Type: article
Sally Bloodworth, Gabriela Sitinova, Shamim Alom, Sara Vidal, George, Razvan Bacanu, Stuart J Elliott, Mark Light, Julie Herniman, G. John Langley, Malcolm H. Levitt & Richard J. Whitby, 2019, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 58(15), 5038-5043
Type: article
Benno Meier, Karel Kouril, Christian Bengs, Hana Kourilova, Timothy Barker, Stuart Elliott, Shamim Alom, Richard J. Whitby & Malcolm H. Levitt, 2018, Physical Review Letters, 120(26), 1-6
Type: letterEditorial
Karel Kouril, Benno Meier, Shamim Alom, Richard J. Whitby & Malcolm H. Levitt, 2018, Faraday Discussions, 212, 517-532
Type: article
Stuart J. Elliott, Christian Bengs, Karel Kouril, Benno Meier, Shamim Alom, Richard J. Whitby & Malcolm H. Levitt, 2018, ChemPhysChem, 19, 251-255
Type: article