Themed collection Organometallic and coordination chemistry of carbon nanomaterials

Welcome to the themed issue of Dalton Transactions featuring articles on organometallic and coordination chemistry of carbon nanomaterials.

Taking the molecular viewpoint helps to understand “nonconventional” metallic states in fulleride salts.

Recent advances in molecule-by-molecule transmission electron microscopy (TEM) have provided time-series structural information of individual molecules supported by nano-carbon materials, enabling researchers to trace their motions and reactions.

The structures and properties of gadolinium-containing endohedral fullerenes as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents are reviewed here.

Organometallic bonding of lanthanide metals to the graphene sidewalls in single-walled carbon nanotube networks enhances the electrical conductivity, particularly in the case of Sm and Eu.

A systematic study of Gd-containing nitride clusterfullerenes with different numbers of Gd atoms reveals ferromagnetic interactions and anisotropy of coupled Gd ions.

Growth of a 2D pillared bilayer MOF nano-sheet (Cd-PBM) on a graphene surface based on the face-to-face assembly. Further exfoliation of the homogeneous graphene@MOF composite leads to a stable colloidal hybrid nanocomposite.

The assembly and disassembly of nanoparticle–nanotube hybrid materials can be modulated by controlling fundamental interactions at the nanoscale.

Differential optical and coverage behavior is associated with variously functionalized DWNT–CdSe heterostructures.

A novel Cu₃SnS₄/reduced graphene oxide photocatalyst with high visible-light photocatalytic activity has been synthesized by a facile one-step solvothermal method.

Regulated by encapsulating nanotube diameter, SnSe forms ordered 2 × 2 or disordered 3 × 3 ‘phase change’ nanocrystals.

PbTe nanocrystals were deposited onto the surface of graphene and used as a reservoir of Pb and Te atoms.

Transformation of a graphene flake with an attached nickel cluster to new metal–carbon nanoobjects under electron irradiation is simulated.

The preparation of novel, covalent Pd(II)-SWCNT and Ru(II)(bipyridyl)Pc-SWCNT hybrid materials by means of two-step synthetic procedures is described.

Isolation and separation strategy that manipulates uptake and release of rare-earth metallofullerenes immobilized on reactive silica to provide enriched samples.

The first attempt at covalent anchoring of homogeneous chiral catalysts on CNTs.

Three-dimensional hierarchical flower-like graphene oxide–hydroxyapatite (GO–HAp) nanocomposites were synthesized by a simple biomimetic method and their Sr²⁺ adsorption capacity studied.

Citrate-functionalized GNs were introduced as the support for AuNPs. Taking the advantages of GNs with large surface area and citrate ions with more carboxyl groups, the AuNPs/Cit-GNs composite exhibits high peroxidase-like catalytic ability.

The photocatalytic degradation of RhB with CdS-MWCNTs is rationalized due to efficient photoinduced electron-transfer from CdS to MWCNTs within the hybrid material.

Few-layer graphene was noncovalently functionalized with the Ni(II) complex of 5,7,12,14-tetramethyldibenzo-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradeca-3,5,7,10,12,14-hexaene. The nanohybrids obtained were characterized experimentally and modeled theoretically.

Friedel–Crafts acylations of buckyferrocene and ruthenocene were conducted to obtain various functionalized buckymetallocenes.