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Indexed by: Journal Article

Date of Publication: 2008-01-01

Journal: JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL AND THEORETICAL NANOSCIENCE

Included Journals: EI、SCIE

Volume: 5

Issue: 1

Page Number: 7-22

ISSN: 1546-1955

Key Words: cluster; fullerene; doping; nanocage; silicon; gold; nanostructure; first-principles

Abstract: In this article, we review recent experimental and theoretical progresses on the search of the fullerene-like nanocages from non-carbon elements. The systems we discussed include medium-sized silicon clusters with endohedral fullerene structures, transition-metal doped silicon cage clusters, fullerene-like nanocages by group V elements (N, P, As, etc.), clusters with nesting doll structures (e.g., [As @ Ni(12)AS(20)](3-)), heterofullerene nanocages by III-V (BN, AIN, GaAs) and II-VI (ZnO, ZnS, ZnSe) compounds, and gold fullerene cages at Au-32 and Au-50, and so on. The stability of each type of non-carbon fullerene nanocages can be understood by some specific mechanism. These non-carbon fullerenes not only represent novel spheroid molecules with interesting structures and properties, but also are potential building blocks for nanostructured materials and devices.