First stable nonclassical C78
First nonclassical C78 fullerene that is thermodynamically stable, featuring a heptagon in its cage and linked to classical isomers via Stone-Wales transformations.
Zheng, Hong · Huai-Fan, Li · Zhao, Xiang
Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2023
M@C1(id7)-C78 is the first nonclassical C78 fullerene to exist stably
Both U and Th atoms transfer four electrons to the C78 cage
Actinide metals preferentially bond to sumanene-type hexagonal rings