1. F. Paschke, T. Birk, S. M. Avdoshenko, F. Liu, A. A. Popov, M. Fonin.  Imaging the Single-Electron Ln–Ln Bonding Orbital in a Dimetallofullerene Molecular Magnet.  Small  2021,  in press, 2105667.DOI: 10.1002/smll.202105667

2. Y. Wang, G. Velkos, N. J. Israel, M. Rosenkranz, B. Büchner, F. Liu, A. A. Popov.  Electrophilic Trifluoromethylation of Dimetallofullerene Anions en Route to Air-Stable Single-Molecule Magnets with High Blocking Temperature of Magnetization.  J. Am. Chem. Soc.  2021, 143, 18139.  DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c07021

3. L. Spree, F. Liu, V. Neu, M. Rosenkranz, G. Velkos, Y. Wang, S. Schiemenz, J. Dreiser, P. Gargiani, M. Valvidares, C.-H. Chen, B. Büchner, S. M. Avdoshenko, A. A. Popov.  Robust Single-Molecule Magnet Monolayers on Graphene and Graphite with Magnetic Hysteresis up to 28 K.  Adv. Funct. Mater.  2021,  31, 2105516.  DOI: 10. 1002/adfm.202105516

4. F. Paschke, T. Birk, V. Enenkel, F. Liu, V. Romankov, J. Dreiser, A. A. Popov, M. Fonin.  Exceptionally High Blocking Temperature of 17 K in a Surface-Supported Molecular Magnet.  Adv. Mater.  2021,  33, 2102844. DOI: 10.1002/adma.202102844

5. R. Westerström, V. Dubrovin, K. Junghans, C. Schlesier, B. Büchner, S. M. Avdoshenko, A. Popov, A. Kostanyan, J. Dreiser, T. Greber.  Precise measurement of angles between two magnetic moments and their configurational stability in single-molecule magnets.  Phys. Rev. B.2021, 104 (22), 224401. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.104.224401

6. Y. E. Kandrashkin, R. Zaripov, F. Liu, B. Büchner, V. Kataev, A. A Popov.  Temperature-Dependent Dynamics of Endohedral Fullerene Sc₂@C₈₀(CH₂Ph) Studied by EPR Spectroscopy.   Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.  2021, 23,  18206-18220.  DOI: 10.1039/D1CP02237G

7. C.-H. Chen, L. Spree, E. Koutsouflakis, D. S. Krylov, F. Liu, A. Brandenburg, G. Velkos, S. Schimmel, S. M. Avdoshenko, A. Fedorov, E. Weschke, F. Choueikani, P. Ohresser, J. Dreiser, B. Büchner, A. A. Popov.  Magnetic hysteresis at 10 K in single molecule magnet self-assembled on gold.  Adv. Sci.  2021, 202000777.  DOI: 10.1002/advs.202000777

8. Y. Hao, Y. Wang, V. Dubrovin, S. M. Avdoshenko, A. A. Popov, F. Liu. Caught in Phase Transition: Snapshot of the Metallofullerene Sc₃N@C₇₀ Rotation in the Crystal.  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143 (2), 612–616. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c10758

9. V. Dubrovin, A. A. Popov, S. M. Avdoshenko. Valence electrons in lanthanide-based single-atom magnets: a paradigm shift in 4f-magnetism modeling and design.  Inorg. Chem. Front.  2021, 8,  2373-2384. DOI: 10.1039/D0QI01148G

10. M. Zalibera, F. Ziegs, S. Schiemenz, V. Dubrovin, W. Lubitz, A. Savitsky, S. Deng, X.-B. Wang, S. Avdoshenko, A. A. Popov.  Metallofullerene photoswitches driven by photoinduced fullerene-to-metal electron transfer.  Chem. Sci.  2021,  12, 7818-7838.  DOI: 10.1039/D0SC07045A

11. A. Kostanyan, C. Schlesier, R. Westerström, J. Dreiser, F. Fritz, B. Büchner, A. A. Popov, C. Piamonteze, T. Greber.  Gadolinium as an accelerator for reaching thermal equilibrium and its influence on the ground state of Dy₂GdN@C₈₀ single-molecule magnets.  Phys. Rev. B. 2021, 103, 014404.  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.103.014404

12. F. Jin, J. Xin, R. Guan, X.-M. Xie, M. Chen, Q. Zhang, A. A. Popov, S.-Y. Xie, S. Yang.  Stabilizing Three-Center Single-Electron Metal-Metal Bond in a Fullerene Cage.  Chem. Sci.  2021, 12, 6890-6895.  DOI: 10.1039/D1SC00965F

13. J.-J. Zhang, L. Yang, F. Liu, Y. Fu, J. Liu, A. A. Popov, J. Ma, X. Feng.  A Modular Cascade Synthetic Strategy Toward Structurally Constrained Boron‐doped Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons.   Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021,  60, 25695. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202109840

14. B. J. Eleazer, H. D. A. C. Jayaweera, G. B. Gange, M. D. Smith, C. R. Martin, K. C. Park, A. A. Popov, D. V. Peryshkov.  Bimetallic Ru-Pd and Trimetallic Ru-Pd-Cu Assemblies on the Carborane Cluster Surface.  Inorg. Chem. 2021, 60 , 16911.  DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c02799

15. L. P. Doctor, M. Naumann, F. Ziegs, B. Büchner, A. A. Popov, M. Knupfer.  Strong photophysical diversity and the role of charge transfer excitons in transition metal phthalocyanine β-phases.  J. Phys. Chem. C  2021, 125 (22), 12398-12404. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c02654

16. M. Gerwig, A. S. Ali, D. Neubert, S. Polster, U. Böhme, G. Franze, M. Rosenkranz, A. Popov, I. Ponomarev, M. P. M. Jank, C. Viehweger, E. Brendler, L. Frey, P. Kroll, E. Kroke. From cyclopentasilane to thin film transistors.  Adv. Electron. Mater.  2021, 7 (2), 2000422. DOI: 10.1002/aelm.202000422

17. M. Richter, M. Borkowski, Y. Fu, E. Dmitrieva, A. A. Popov, J. Ma, T. Marszalek, W. Pisula, X. Feng. Synthesis and Self-Assembly Behavior of Double Ullazine-Based Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons.  Organic Materials  2021,  3 (02),  198-203. DOI: 10.1055/a-1472-6852

18. M. Korb, X. Liu, S. Walz, J. Mahrholdt, A. A. Popov, H. Lang. Structural Variety of Iron Carbonyl Clusters Featuring Ferrocenylphosphines.  Eur J. Inorg. Chem.  2021,  2017-2033.  DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202100097

1. V. Martinez, B. Karadeniz, N. Biliškov, I. Lončarić, S. Muratović, D. Žilić, S. M. Avdoshenko, M. Roslova, A. A. Popov, K. Užarević.  Tunable fulleretic sodalite MOFs: highly efficient and controllable entrapment of C₆₀ fullerene via mechanochemistry.  Chem. Mater.  2020, 32 (24), 10628–10640.  DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c03796

2. R. B. Zaripov, Y. E. Kandrashkin, K. M. Salikhov, B. Büchner, F. Liu, M. Rosenkranz, A. A. Popov, V. Kataev. Unusually large hyperfine structure of the electron spin levels in an endohedral dimetallofullerene and its spin coherent properties.  Nanoscale  2020, 12, 20513-20521.  DOI: 10.1039/D0NR06114J

3. W. Niu, J. Ma, P. Soltani, W. Zheng, F. Liu, A. A. Popov, J. J. Weigand, H. Komber, E. Poliani, C. Casiraghi, J. Droste, M. R. Hansen, S. Osella, D. Beljonne, M. Bonn, H. I. Wang, X. Feng, J. Liu, Y. Mai.  A Curved Graphene Nanoribbon with Multi-Edge Structure and High Intrinsic Charge Carrier Mobility.  J. Am. Chem. Soc.  2020, 142 (43), 18293–18298.  DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c07013

4. H. Chang, H. Liu, E. Dmitrieva, Q. Chen, J. Ma, P. He, P. Liu, A. A Popov, X. Cao, X.-Y. Wang, Y. Zou, A. Narita, K. Muellen, H. Peng, Y. Hu.  Furan-Containing Double Tetraoxa[7]helicene and its Radical Cation.  Chem. Commun.2020, 56, 15181–15194.  DOI: 10.1039/D0CC06970A

5. P. Rietsch, S. Sobottka, K. Hoffmann, A. Popov, P. Hildebrandt, B. Sarkar, U. Resch-Genger, S. Eigler. Between Aromatic and Quinoid Structure: A symmetric UV to Vis/NIR Benzothiadiazole Redox‐Switch.  Chem. Eur. J.  2020, 26 (72), 17361–17365. DOI: 10.1002/chem.202004009

6. F. Hansen, M. Wels, S. Froeschke, A. A. Popov, D. Wolf, B. Büchner, P. Schmidt, S. Hampel.  Thermodynamic evaluation and chemical vapor transport of few-layer WTe₂.  Cryst. Growth Des.  2020, 20 (11), 7341–7349.  DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.0c01004

7. V. Dubrovin, A. A. Popov, S. M. Avdoshenko. Valence Electrons in Lanthanide-Based Single-Atom Magnets: A Paradigm Shift in 4f-Magnetism Modeling and Design. ChemRxiv. Preprint  2020.  DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv.12800096.v1

8. M. Schulz, N. Hagmeyer, F. Wehmeyer, G. Lowe, M. Rosenkranz, B. Seidler, A. Popov, C. Streb, J. G. Vos, B. Dietzek. Photoinduced charge accumulation and prolonged multielectron storage for the separation of light and dark reaction.  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020,  142  (37), 15722-15728. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c03779

9. D. Krylov, G. Velkos, C.-H. Chen, B. Büchner, A. Kostanyan, T. Greber, S. M. Avdoshenko, A. A. Popov. Magnetic hysteresis and strong ferromagnetic coupling of sulfur-bridged Dy ions in clusterfullerene Dy₂S@C₈₂. Inorg. Chem. Front. 2020, 7, 3521-3532. DOI: 10.1039/D0QI00771D

10. A. D. Pykhova, O. O. Semivrazhskaya, N. A. Samoylova, A. V. Rybalchenko, M. Rosenkranz, I. N. Ioffe, A. A Popov, A. A. Goryunkov. Addition of CF₂ group to endohedral fullerene Sc₃N@I_h-C₈₀.  Dalton Trans. 2020, 49, 9137-9147. DOI: 10.1039/D0DT01513J

11. G. Velkos, W. Yang, Y.-R. Yao, S. M. Sudarkova, X.Y. Liu, B. Büchner, S. M. Avdoshenko, N. Chen, A. A. Popov. Shape-adaptive single-molecule magnetism and hysteresis up to 14 K in oxide clusterfullerenes Dy₂O@C₇₂ and Dy₂O@C₇₄ with fused pentagon pairs and flexible Dy–(μ₂-O)–Dy angle.   Chem. Sci.   2020, 11, 4766-4772. DOI: 10.1039/D0SC00624F

12. A. Kostanyan, R. Westerström, D. Kunhardt, B. Büchner, A. A. Popov, T. Greber.  Sub-Kelvin hysteresis of the dilanthanide single-molecule magnet Tb₂ScN@C₈₀.   Phys. Rev. B 2020, 101, 134429. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.101.134429

13. D. S. Krylov, S. Schimmel, V. Dubrovin, F. Liu, T. T. N. Nguyen, L. Spree, C.-H. Chen, G. Velkos, C. Bulbucan, R. Westerström, M. Studniarek, J. Dreiser, C. Hess, B. Büchner, S. M. Avdoshenko, A. A. Popov. Substrate‐independent magnetic bistability in monolayers of single molecule magnet Dy₂ScN@C₈₀ on metals and insulator.  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020,  59, 5756-5764. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201913955

14. J. Ma, Y. Fu, E. Dmitrieva, F. Liu, H. Komber, F. Hennersdorf, A. A. Popov, J. J. Weigand, J. Liu, X. Feng. Helical Nanographenes Containing an Azulene Unit: Synthesis, Crystal Structures, and Properties.   Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.  2020,  59, 5637-5642. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201914716

15. L. Spree, C. Schlesier, A. Kostanyan, R. Westerström, T. Greber, B. Büchner,  S. Avdoshenko, A. A. Popov. Single molecule magnets DyM₂N@C₈₀ and Dy₂MN@C₈₀ (M = Sc, Lu): The impact of diamagnetic metals on the Dy³⁺ magnetic anisotropy, Dy∙∙∙Dy coupling, and mixing of molecular and lattice vibrations.  Chem. Eur. J.  2020, 26, 2436-2449.  DOI: 10.1002/chem.201904879

16. E. Dmitrieva, X. Yu, A. Popov, H. Hartmann. On the electrochemical reduction of 4‐(thiazol‐2‐ylazo)‐substituted 1‐chloronaphthalenes: formation and characterization of stable radical anions.  ChemElectroChem  2020, 7 (7), 1666-1671. DOI: 10.1002/celc.202000121

17. S. N. Intorp, M. Hodecker, M. Müller, O. Tverskoy, M. Rosenkranz, E. Dmitrieva, A. A. Popov, F. Rominger, J. Freudenberg, A. Dreuw, U. H. Bunz. Quinoidal Azaacenes: 99% Diradical Character.   Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.  2020, 59 (30), 12396-12401. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201915977

18. Ajayakumar M R, Y. Fu, F. Liu, H. Komber, V. Tkachova, C. Xu, S. Zhou, A. A. Popov, J. Liu, X. Feng. Tailoring Magnetic Feature in Zigzag‐Edged Nanographenes via Controlled Diels‐Alder Reactions.  Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 7497-7503.  DOI: 10.1002/chem.202001130

19. M. Korb, X. Liu, S. Walz, M. Rosenkranz, E. Dmitrieva, A. A. Popov, H. Lang. (Electrochemical) Properties and Computational Investigations of Ferrocenyl-Substituted Fe₃(µ₃-PFc)₂(CO)₉ and Co₄(µ₄-PFc)₂(CO)₉ Clusters and their Reduced Species.  Inorg. Chem.  2020, 59, 6147-6169. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c00276

20. J. Melidonie, E. Dmitrieva, K. Zhang, Y. Fu, A. A. Popov, W. Pisula, R. Berger, J. Liu, X. Feng.  Dipyrene-Fused Dicyclopenta[a,f]naphthalenes.  J. Org. Chem.  2020, 85, 215-223. DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.9b02626

1. F. Liu, L. Spree, D. S. Krylov, G. Velkos, S. M. Avdoshenko, A. A. Popov. Single-electron lanthanide-lanthanide bonds inside fullerenes toward robust redox-active molecular magnets.  Acc. Chem. Res. 2019, 52 (10), 2981-2993. DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.9b00373

2. V. Dubrovin,  A. A. Popov, S. Avdoshenko. Magnetism in Ln molecular systems with 4f/valence-shell interplay (FV-magnetism).  Chem. Commun.  2019, 55, 13963-13966. DOI: 10.1039/C9CC06913E

3. R. B. Zaripov, S. M. Avdoshenko, I. Khairuzhdinov, K. M Salikhov, V. K. Voronkova, S. Weheabby, T. Rüffer, A. A. Popov, B. Büchner, V. Kataev.  Effect of the Diamagnetic Single Crystalline Host on the Angular-Resolved Electron Nuclear Double Resonance Experiments: Case of Paramagnetic [ⁿBu₄N]₂[Cu(opba)] Embedded in Diamagnetic [ⁿBu₄N]₂[Ni(opba)].  J. Phys. Chem. Lett.  2019, 10, 6565-6571. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b02523

4. C. Schlesier, F. Liu, V. Dubrovin, L. Spree, B. Büchner, S. M. Avdoshenko, A. A Popov. Mixed dysprosium-lanthanide nitride clusterfullerenes DyM₂N@C₈₀-I_h and Dy₂MN@C₈₀-I_h (M = Gd, Er, Tm, and Lu): synthesis, molecular structure, and quantum motion of the endohedral nitrogen atom. Nanoscale 2019, 11, 13139. DOI: 10.1039/C9NR03593A

5. W. Yang, G. Velkos, F. Liu, S. M. Sudarkova, Y. Wang, J. Zhuang, H. Zhang, X. Li, X. Zhang, B. Büchner, S. M. Avdoshenko, A. A. Popov, N. Chen. Single molecule magnetism with strong magnetic anisotropy and enhanced Dy∙∙∙Dy coupling in three isomers of Dy-oxide clusterfullerene Dy₂O@C₈₂.  Adv. Sci. 2019, 1901352. DOI: 10.1002/advs.201901352

6. D. Konarev, A. A. Popov, L. V. Zorina, S. S. Khasanov, R. N. Lyubovskaya. Molecular structure, magnetic and optical properties of endometallonitridofullerene Sc₃N@I_h‐C₈₀ in neutral, radical anion and dimeric anionic forms. Chem. Eur. J. 2019,  25 (65), 14858-14869. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201902782

7. F. Liu, G. Velkos, D. S. Krylov, L. Spree, M. Zalibera, R. Ray, N. A. Samoylova, C.-H. Chen, M. Rosenkranz, S. Schiemenz, F. Ziegs, K. Nenkov, A. Kostanyan, T. Greber, A. U. B. Wolter, M. Richter, B. Büchner, S. M. Avdoshenko, A. A. Popov. Air-stable redox-active nanomagnets with lanthanide spins radical-bridged by a metal-metal bond.  Nat. Commun.  2019, 10, 571. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-08513-6

8. G. Velkos, D. S. Krylov, K. Kirkpatrick, L. Spree, V. Dubrovin, B. Büchner, S. M. Avdoshenko, V. Bezmelnitsyn, S. Davis, P. Faust, J. Duchamp, H. C. Dorn, A. A. Popov. High blocking temperature of magnetization and giant coercivity in the azafullerene Tb₂@C₇₉N with a single-electron Tb–Tb bond.  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.  2019, 58, 5891.  DOI: 10.1002/anie.201900943

9. L. Spree, A. A. Popov. Recent advances in single molecule magnetism of dysprosium-metallofullerenes. Dalton Trans. 2019, 48, 2861. DOI: 10.1039/c8dt05153d

10. V. Dubrovin, L.-H. Gan, B. Büchner, A. A. Popov, S. M. Avdoshenko. Endohedral metal-nitride cluster ordering in metallofullerene-Ni^II(OEP) complexes and crystals: a theoretical study. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.  2019, 21, 8197. DOI: 10.1039/C9CP00634F

11. T. Greber, A. P. Seitsonen, A. Hemmi, J. Dreiser, R. Stania, F. Matsui, M. Muntwiler, A. A. Popov, R. Westerström. Circular dichroism and angular deviation in x-ray absorption spectra of Dy₂ScN@C₈₀ single molecule magnets on h-BN/Rh(111).  Phys. Rev. Materials 2019,  3, 014409.  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.3.014409

12. N. J. DeWeerd, E. V. Bukovsky, K. P. Castro, I. V. Kuvychko, A. A. Popov, S. H. Strauss, O. V. Boltalina. Steric and electronic effects of CF₃ conformations in acene(CF₃)_n derivatives.  J. Fluor. Chem.  2019, 221, 1-7. DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluchem.2019.02.010

13. K. P. Castro, E. V. Bukovsky, I. V. Kuvychko, N. J. DeWeerd, Y.-S. Chen, S. H. M. Deng, X.-B. Wang, A. A. Popov, S. H. Strauss, O. V. Boltalina. PAH/PAH(CF₃)_n Donor/Acceptor Charge-Transfer Complexes in Solution and in Solid-State Co-Crystals. Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25 (59), 13547-13565. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201902712

14. J. Ma, K. Zhang, K. S. Schellhammer, Y. Fu, H. Komber, C. Xu, A. A. Popov, F. Hennersdorf, J. J. Weigand, S. Zhou, W. Pisula, F. Ortmann, R. F. J. Berger, J. Liu, X. Feng. Wavy-shaped Polycyclic Hydrocarbons with Controlled Aromaticity. Chem. Sci.  2019, 10, 4025. DOI: 10.1039/C8SC05416A

15. Y. Fu, K. Zhang, E. Dmitrieva, F. Liu, J. Ma, J. J. Weigand, A. A. Popov, R. Berger, W. Pisula, J. Liu, X. Feng. NBN-embedded polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons containing pentagonal and heptagonal rings. Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 1354. DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b00057

16. M. Richter, Y. Fu, E. Dmitrieva, J. J. Weigand, A. A. Popov, R. Berger, J. Liu, X. Feng. A Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Containing A Pyrrolopyridazine Core. ChemPlusChem 2019, 84, 613. DOI: 10.1002/cplu.201900031

17. S. N. Intorp, S. Kushida, E. Dmitrieva, A. A Popov, F. Rominger, J. Freudenberg, F. Hinkel, U. H. F. Bunz. True Blue Through Oxidation – A Thiaazulenic Heterophenoquinone as Electrochrome. Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 5412. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201900535

18. M. Richter, S. Hahn, E. Dmitrieva, F. Rominger, A. Popov, U. H. F. Bunz, X. Feng, R. Berger. Helical Ullazine-Quinoxaline-Based Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons.  Chem. Eur. J. 2019,  25 (5), 1345-1352. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201804751

1. S. M. Avdoshenko, F. Fritz, C. Schlesier, A. Kostanyan, J. Dreiser, M. Luysberg, A. A. Popov, C. Meyer, R. Westerström. Partial magnetic ordering in one-dimensional arrays of endofullerene single-molecule magnet peapods.  Nanoscale  2018, 10, 18153-18160. DOI: 10.1039/C8NR05386C

2. A. Brandenburg, D. S. Krylov, A. Beger, A. U. B. Wolter, B. Büchner, A. A. Popov. Carbide clusterfullerene DyYTiC@C₈₀ featuring three different metals in the endohedral cluster and its single-ion magnetism.  Chem. Commun.  2018, 54, 10683-10686. DOI: 10.1039/C8CC04736G

3. C. Schlesier, L. Spree, A. Kostanyan, R. Westerström, A. Brandenburg, A. U. B. Wolter, S. Yang, T. Greber, A. A Popov. Strong carbon cage influence on the single molecule magnetism in Dy-Sc nitride clusterfullerenes.  Chem. Commun.  2018, 54, 9730-9733. DOI: 10.1039/C8CC05029E

4. X. Zhang, W.-L. Li, L. Feng, X. Chen, A. Hansen, S. Grimme, S. Fortier, D.-C. Sergentu, T. Duignan, J. Autschbach, S. Wang, Y. Wang, G. Velkos, A. Popov, N. Aghdassi, S. Duhm, X. Li, J. Li, L. Echegoyen, W. H. E. Schwarz, N. Chen. A Diuranium Carbide Cluster Stabilized Inside a C₈₀ Fullerene Cage.  Nat. Commun.  2018, 9, 2753. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05210-8

5. R. Stania, A. P. Seitsonen, D. Kunhardt, B. Büchner, A. A. Popov, M. Muntwiler, T. Greber. Electrostatic Interaction Across a Single Layer Carbon Shell.  J. Phys. Chem. Lett.  2018, 9, 3586-3590. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b01326

6. C.-H. Chen, D. S. Krylov, S. M. Avdoshenko, F. Liu, L. Spree, R. Westerström, C. Bulbucan, M. Studniarek, J. Dreiser, A. U. B. Wolter, B. Büchner, A. A. Popov. Magnetic hysteresis in self-assembled monolayers of Dy-fullerene single molecule magnets on gold.  Nanoscale  2018, 10, 11287-11292. DOI: 10.1039/C8NR00511G

7. I. V. Kuvychko, T. T. Clikeman, C. Dubceac, Y.-S. Chen, M. Petrukhina, S. H. Strauss, A. A. Popov, O. V. Boltalina.  Understanding Polyarene Trifluoromethylation with Hot CF₃ Radicals using Corannulene.  Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2018, (31), 4233-4245. DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201800508

8. M. R. Ajayakumar, Y. Fu, J. Ma, F. Hennersdorf, H. Komber, J. J. Weigand, A. Alfonsov, A. A. Popov, R. Berger, J. Liu, K. Müllen, X. Feng.  Toward Full Zigzag-Edged Nanographenes: peri-Tetracene and Its Corresponding Circumanthracene.  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140 (20), 6240–6244. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b03711

9. D. S. Krylov, F. Liu, A. Brandendurg, L. Spree, V. Bon, S. Kaskel, A. U. B. Wolter, B. Büchner, S. M. Avdoshenko, A. A. Popov. Magnetization relaxation in the single-ion magnet DySc₂N@C₈₀: quantum tunneling, magnetic dilution, and unconventional temperature dependence.  Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.  2018, 20, 11656-11672. DOI: 10.1039/C8CP01608A

10. G. Velkos, D. S. Krylov, K. Kirkpatrick, X. Liu, L. Spree, A. U. B. Wolter, B. Büchner, H. C. Dorn, A. A. Popov. Giant exchange coupling and field-induced slow relaxation of magnetization in Gd₂@C₇₉N with a single-electron Gd–Gd bond.  Chem. Commun.  2018, 54, 2902-2905. DOI: 10.1039/C8CC00112J

11. B. J. Eleazer, M. D. Smith, A. A. Popov, D. V. Peryshkov. Expansion of the (BB)>Ru metallacycle with coinage metal cations: formation of B–M–Ru–B (M = Cu, Ag, Au) dimetalacyclodiboryls.  Chem. Sci.  2018, 9, 2601-2608. DOI: 10.1039/C8SC00190A

12. L. K. San, S. N. Spisak, C. Dubceac, S. H M. Deng, I. V. Kuvychko, M. A. Petrukhina, X.-B. Wang, A. A. Popov, S. H. Strauss, O. V. Boltalina.  Experimental and DFT Studies of the Electron-Withdrawing Ability of Perfluoroalkyl (R_F) Groups: Electron Affinities of PAH(R_F)_n Increase Significantly with Increasing R_F Chain Length. Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24 (6), 1441-1447. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201704868

13. A. A. Popov. Redox-active metal–metal bonds between lanthanides in dimetallofullerenes.  Curr. Opin. Electrochem.  2018, 8, 73-80. DOI: 10.1016/j.coelec.2017.12.003

14. M. Zalibera, D. S. Krylov, D. Karagiannis, P.-A. Will, F. Ziegs, S. Schiemenz, W. Lubitz, S. Reineke, A. Savitsky, A. A. Popov. Thermally-activated delayed fluorescence in Y₃N@C₈₀ endohedral fullerene: time resolved luminescence and electron paramagnetic resonance studies.  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.  2018, 130 (1), 283–287. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201710637

1. F. Liu, S. Wang, C.-L. Gao, Q. Deng, X. Zhu, A. Kostanyan, R. Westerström, F. Jin, S.-Y. Xie, A. A. Popov, T. Greber, S. Yang. Mononuclear Clusterfullerene Single-Molecule Magnet Containing Strained Fused-Pentagons Stabilized by a Nearly Linear Metal Cyanide Cluster. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56 (7), 1830-1834. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201611345.

2. A. M. Rice, W. B. Fellows, E. A. Dolgopolova, A. B. Greytak, A. K. Vannucci, M. D. Smith, S. G. Karakalos, J. A. Krause, S. M. Avdoshenko, A. A. Popov, N. B. Shustova. Hierarchical Corannulene-Based Materials: Energy Transfer and Solid-State Photophysics. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56 (16), 4525-4529. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201612199

3. M. Richter, K. S. Schellhammer, P. Machata, G. Cuniberti, A. A. Popov, F. Ortmann, R. F. J. Berger, K. Müllen, X. Feng. Polycyclic Heteroaromatic Hydrocarbons Containing a Benzoisoindole Core. Org. Chem. Front. 2017, 4, 847-852. DOI: 10.1039/C7QO00180K

4. F. Liu, F. Jin, S. Wang, A. A. Popov, S. Yang. Pyramidal TiTb₂C cluster encapsulated within the popular I_h(7)-C₈₀ fullerene cage. Inorg. Chim. Acta 2017, 468, 203-208. DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2017.04.027

5. N. A. Samoylova, S. M. Avdoshenko, D. S. Krylov, H. R Thompson, A. Kirkhorn, M. Rosenkranz, S. Schiemenz, F. Ziegs, A. U. B. Wolter, S. Yang, S. Stevenson, A. A. Popov. Confining the spin between two metal atoms within the carbon cage: Redox-active metal-metal bonds in dimetallofullerenes and their stable cation radicals. Nanoscale 2017, 9, 7977-7990. DOI: 10.1039/C7NR02288C

6. S. Schimmel, Z. Sun, D. Baumann, D. Krylov, N. Samoylova, A. Popov, B. Büchner, C. Hess. Adsorption characteristics of Er₃N@C₈₀ on W(110) and Au(111) studied via STM/STS. Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1127-1134. DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.8.114

7. J. Liu, J. Ma, K. Zhang, P. Ravat, P. Machata, S. M. Avdoshenko, F. Hennersdorf, H. Komber, W. Pisula, J. J. Weigand, A. A. Popov, R. Berger, K. Müllen, X. Feng. π-Extended and Curved Anti-Aromatic Polycyclic Hydrocarbons. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139 (22), 7513-7521. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b01619

8. B. J. Eleazer, M. D. Smith, A. A. Popov, D. V. Peryshkov. Rapid reversible borane to boryl hydride exchange by metal shuttling on the carborane cluster surface. Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 5399-5407. DOI: 10.1039/C7SC01846K

9. D. S. Krylov, F. Liu, S. M. Avdoshenko, L. Spree, B. Weise, A. Waske, A. U. B. Wolter, B. Büchner, A. A Popov. Record-high thermal barrier of the relaxation of magnetization in the nitride clusterfullerene Dy₂ScN@C₈₀-I_h. Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 7901-7904. DOI: 10.1039/C7CC03580B

10. C.-H. Chen, D. S. Krylov, S. M. Avdoshenko, F. Liu, L. Spree, R. Yadav, A. Alvertis, L. Hozoi, K. Nenkov, A. Kostanyan, T. Greber, A. U. B. Wolter, A. A. Popov. Selective arc-discharge synthesis of Dy₂S-clusterfullerenes and their isomer-dependent single molecule magnetism. Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 6451-6465. DOI: 10.1039/C7SC02395B

11. F. Liu, D. S. Krylov, L. Spree, S. M. Avdoshenko, N. A. Samoylova, M. Rosenkranz, A. Kostanyan, T. Greber, A. U. B. Wolter, B. Büchner, A. A. Popov. Single molecule magnet with an unpaired electron trapped between two lanthanide ions inside a fullerene. Nat. Commun. 2017, 8, 16098. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms16098

12. K. Łępicka, P. Pieta, A. Shkurenko, P. Borowicz, M. Majewska, M. Rosenkranz, S. Avdoshenko, A. A. Popov, W. Kutner. Spectroelectrochemical Approaches to Mechanistic Aspects of Charge Transport in meso Nickel (II) Schiff Base Electrochromic Polymer.  J. Phys. Chem. C 2017, 121 (31), 16710-16720. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b04700

13. F. Fritz, R. Westerström, A. Kostanyan, C. Schlesier, J. Dreiser, B. Watts, L. Houben, M. Luysberg, S. M Avdoshenko, A. A. Popov, C. M. Schneider, C. Meyer. Nanoscale X-ray investigation of magnetic metallofullerene peapods.  Nanotechnology 2017, 28, 435703. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aa8b4c

14. K. Xu, Y. Fu, Y. Zhou, F. Hennersdorf, P. Machata, I. Vincon, J. J. Weigand, A. A. Popov, R. Berger, X. Feng. Cationic Nitrogen Doped Helical Nanographenes.  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56 (50), 15876-15881. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201707714

15. A. Mansikkamäki, A.A. Popov, Q. Deng, N. Iwahara, L. F. Chibotaru. Interplay of spin-dependent delocalization and magnetic anisotropy in the ground and excited states of [Gd₂@C₇₈]⁻ and [Gd₂@C₈₀]⁻.  J. Chem. Phys. 2017, 147 (12), 124305. DOI: 10.1063/1.5004183

16. A. Kostanyan, R. Westerström, Y. Zhang, D. Kunhardt, R. Stania, B. Büchner, A. A. Popov, T. Greber. Switching molecular conformation with the torque on a single magnetic moment.  Phys. Rev. Lett. 2017, 119 (23), 237202. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.237202

1. K. C. Rippy, E. V. Bukovsky, T. T. Clikeman, Y.-S. Chen, G.-L. Hou, X.-B. Wang, A. A. Popov, O. V. Boltalina, S. H. Strauss. Copper Causes Regiospecific Formation of C₄F₈-Containing Six-Membered Rings and their Defluorination/Aromatization to C₄F₄-Containing Rings in Triphenylene/1,4-C₄F₈I₂ Reactions. Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22 (3), 874-877. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201504291

2. Q. Deng, T. Heine, S. Irle, A. A. Popov. Self-Assembly of Endohedral Metallofullerenes: A Decisive Role of Cooling Gas and Metal-Carbon Bonding. Nanoscale 2016, 8, 3796-3808. DOI: 10.1039/C5NR08645K

3. E. V. Bukovsky, B. W. Larson, T. T. Clikeman, Y.-S. Chen, A. A. Popov, O. V. Boltalina, S. H. Strauss. Structures and structure-related electronic properties of new C₆₀(CF₃)₁₀ isomers. J. Fluor. Chem. 2016, 185, 103-117. DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluchem.2016.02.007

4. K. Junghans, M. Rosenkranz, A. A. Popov. Sc₃CH@C₈₀: selective ¹³C enrichment of the central carbon atom. Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 6561-6564. DOI: 10.1039/C5CC10025A

5. D. E. Williams, E. A. Dolgopolova, D. C. Godfrey, E. D. Ermolaeva, P. J. Pellechia, A. B. Greytak, M. D. Smith, S. M. Avdoshenko, A. A. Popov, N. B. Shustova. Fulleretic Well-Defined Scaffolds: Donor–Fullerene Alignment Through Metal Coordination and Its Effect on Photophysics. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55 (31), 9070-9074. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201603584

6. K. Junghans, K. B. Ghiassi, N. A. Samoylova, Q. Deng, M. Rosenkranz, M. M. Olmstead, A. L. Balch, A. A. Popov. Synthesis and Isolation of the Titanium-Scandium Endohedral Fullerenes – Sc₂TiC@I_h-C₈₀, Sc₂TiC@D_5h-C₈₀, and Sc₂TiC₂@I_h-C₈₀: Metal Size Tuning of the Ti^IV/Ti^III Redox Potentials. Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22 (37), 13098–13107. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201601655

7. D. V. Konarev, L. Zorina, S. S. Khasanov, A. A Popov, A. Otsuka, H. Yamochi, G. Saito, R. N. Lyubovskaya. Crystalline anionic complex of scandium nitride endometallo-fullerene: Experimental observation of single-bonded (Sc₃N@I_h-C₈₀⁻)₂ dimers. Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 10763-10766. DOI: 10.1039/C6CC05550H

8. B. J. Eleazer, M. D. Smith, A. A. Popov, D. V. Peryshkov. (BB)-Carboryne Complex of Ruthenium: Synthesis by Double B–H Activation at a Single Metal Center. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138 (33), 10531-10538. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b05172

9. X. Wang, F. Zhang, K. S. Schellhammer, P. Machata, F. Ortmann, G. Cuniberti, Y. Fu, J. Hunger, R. Tang, A. A. Popov, R. Berger, K. Müllen, X. Feng. Synthesis of NBN-type Zigzag-Edged Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: 1,9-Diaza-9a-boraphenalene as a Structural Motif. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138(36), 11606-11615. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b05172

10. B. W. Larson, O. G. Reid, D. C. Coffey, S. M. Avdoshenko, A. A. Popov, O. V. Boltalina, S. H. Strauss, N. Kopidakis, G. Rumbles. Inter-Fullerene Electronic Coupling Controls the Efficiency of Photoinduced Charge Generation in Organic Bulk Heterojunctions. Adv. Energy Mater. 2016, 6 (24), 1601427. DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201601427.

11. F. Liu, C.-L. Gao, Q. Deng, X. Zhu, A. Kostanyan, R. Westerström, S. Wang, Y.-Z. Tan, J. Tao, S.-Y. Xie, A. A. Popov, T. Greber, S. Yang. Triangular Monometallic Cyanide Cluster Entrapped in Carbon Cage with Geometry-Dependent Molecular Magnetism. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 14764-14771. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b09329.

12. A. Konkin, A. Popov, U. Ritter, S. Orlinskii, G. Mamin, A. Aganov, A. A. Konkin, P. Scharff.  Combined W-Band Light-Induced ESR/ENDOR/TRIPLE and DFT Study of PPVtype/PC₆₁BM Ion Radicals. J. Phys. Chem. C 2016, 120 (51), 28905-28911. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b08034

1. Y. Zhang, K. B. Ghiassi, Q. Deng, N. Samoylova, M. M. Olmstead, A. L. Balch, A. A. Popov. Synthesis and Structure of LaSc₂N@C_s(hept)‐C₈₀ with One Heptagon and Thirteen Pentagons. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54 (2), 495-499. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201409094

2. T. T. Clikeman, S. H. M. Deng, A. A Popov, X.-B. Wang, S. H. Strauss, O. V. Boltalina. Fullerene cyanation does not always increase electron affinity: an experimental and theoretical study. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2015, 7, 551-556. DOI: 10.1039/C4CP04287E

3. L. K San, E. V. Bukovsky, B. W. Larson, J. B. Whitaker, S. Deng, N. Kopidakis, G. Rumbles, A. A Popov, Y.-S. Chen, X.-B. Wang, O. V. Boltalina, S. H Strauss. A faux hawk fullerene with PCBM-like properties. Chem. Sci. 2015, 6, 1801-1815. DOI: 10.1039/C4SC02970D

4. Q. Deng, K. Junghans, A. A. Popov. Carbide clusterfullerenes with odd number of carbon atoms: molecular and electronic structures of Sc₄C@C₈₀, Sc₄C@C₈₂, and Sc₄C₃@C₈₀. Theor. Chem. Acc. 2015, 134, 10. DOI: 10.1007/s00214-014-1610-6

5. R. Westerström, A.-C. Uldry, R. Stania, J. Dreiser, C. Piamonteze, M. Muntwiler, F. Matsui, S. Rusponi, H. Brune, S. Yang, A. Popov, B. Büchner, B. Delley, T. Greber. Surface aligned magnetic moments and hysteresis of an endohedral single-molecule magnet on a metal. Phys. Rev. Lett. 2015, 114, 087201. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.087201

6. O. V. Boltalina, A. A. Popov, I. V. Kuvychko, N. B. Shustova, S. H. Straus. Perfluoroalkylfullerenes. Chem. Rev. 2015, 115, 1051-1105. DOI: 10.1021/cr5002595

7. Y. Zhang, D. Krylov, M. Rosenkranz, S. Schiemenz, A. A. Popov. Magnetic Anisotropy of Endohedral Lanthanide Ions: Paramagnetic NMR Study of MSc₂N@C₈₀-I_h with M running through the Whole 4f Row. Chem. Sci. 2015, 6, 2328-2341. DOI: 10.1039/C5SC00154D

8. Q. Deng, A. A. Popov. Prato and Bingel-Hirsch cycloaddition to heptagon-containing LaSc₂N@C_s(hept)-C₈₀: importance of pentalene unit. Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 5637-5640. DOI: 10.1039/C5CC00296F

9. T. Wei, F. Liu, S. Wang, X. Zhu, A. A. Popov, S. Yang. An Expanded Family of Dysprosium–Scandium Mixed-Metal Nitride Clusterfullerenes: The Role of Lanthanide Metal on the Carbon Cage Size Distribution. Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 5750-5759. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201406265

10. U. Pfaff, A. Hildebrandt, M. Korb, D. Schaarschmidt, M. Rosenkranz, A. Popov, H. Lang. Five-Membered Heterocycles as Linking Units in Strongly Coupled Homobimetallic Group 8 Metal Half-Sandwich Complexes. Organometallics 2015, 34, 2826-2840. DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.5b00104

11. L. K. San, T. T. Clikeman, C. Dubceac, A. A. Popov, Y.-S. Chen, M. A. Petrukhina, S. H. Strauss, O. V. Boltalina. Corannulene Molecular Rotor with Flexible Perfluorobenzyl Blades: Synthesis, Structure and Properties. Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 9488–9492. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201500465

12. K. Junghans, C. Schlesier, A. Kostanyan, N. A. Samoylova, Q. Deng, M. Rosenkranz, S. Schiemenz, R. Westerström, T. Greber, B. Büchner, A. A. Popov. Methane as a selectivity booster in the synthesis of endohedral fullerenes: towards selective synthesis of the single molecule magnet Dy₂TiC@C₈₀ and its congener Dy₂TiC₂@C₈₀. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54 (45), 13411-13415. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201505870.

13. M. Zalibera, P. Machata, T. T. Clikeman, M. Rosenkranz, S. H. Strauss, O. V. Boltalina, A. A. Popov. ¹⁹F NMR-, ESR-, and vis-NIR-spectroelectrochemical study of the unconventional reduction behaviour of perfluoroalkylated fullerene: dimerization of the C₇₀(CF₃)₁₀⁻ radical anion. Analyst 2015, 140, 7209-7216. DOI: 10.1039/C5AN01129A

1. Y. Zhang, A. A. Popov, L. Dunsch. Endohedral Metal or a Fullerene Cage Based Oxidation? Redox Duality of Nitride Clusterfullerenes Ce_xM_3−xN@C_78–88 (x = 1, 2; M = Sc and Y) Dictated by the Encaged Metals and the Carbon Cage Size. Nanoscale 2014, 6, 1038-1048. DOI: 10.1039/C3NR05433K

2. A. A. Popov, C. Kästner, M. Krause, L. Dunsch. Carbon Cage Vibrations of M@C₈₂ and M₂@C_2n (M = La, Ce; 2n = 72, 78, 80): The Role of the Metal Atoms. Fullerenes Nanotubes Carbon Nanostruct. 2014, 22 (1-3), 202-214. DOI: 10.1080/1536383X.2013.798729

3. R. Westerström, J. Dreiser, C. Piamonteze, M. Muntwiler, S. Weyeneth, K. Krämer, S.-X. Liu, S. Decurtins, A. Popov, S. Yang, L. Dunsch, T. Greber. Tunneling, remanence, and frustration in dysprosium-based endohedral single-molecule magnets. Phys. Rev. B 2014, 89, 060406. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.89.060406

4. J. Zhao, Q. Deng, A. Bachmatiuk, G. Sandeep, A. Popov, J. Eckert, M. H. Rümmeli. Free-Standing Single-Atom-Thick Iron Membranes Suspended in Graphene Pores. Science 2014, 343 (6176), 1228-1232. DOI: 10.1126/science.1245273

5. Q. Deng, A. A. Popov. Clusters encapsulated in Endohedral Metallofullerenes: How strained are they? J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136 (11), 4257-4264. DOI: 10.1021/ja4122582

6. A. Svitova, Y. Krupskaya, N. Samoylova, R. Kraus, J. Geck, L. Dunsch, A. A. Popov. Magnetic moments and exchange coupling in nitride clusterfullerenes Gd_xSc_3–xN@C₈₀ (x = 1–3). Dalton Trans. 2014, 43, 7387-7390. DOI: 10.1039/C3DT53367K

7. L. K. San, E. V. Bukovsky, I. V. Kuvychko, A. A. Popov, S. H. Strauss, O. V. Boltalina. Single-Step Gas-Phase Polyperfluoroalkylation of Naphthalene Leads to Thermodynamic Products. Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20 (15), 4373-4379. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201304554

8. B. W. Larson, J. B. Whitaker, A. A. Popov, N. Kopidakis, G. Rumbles, O. V. Boltalina, S. H. Strauss. Thermal [6,6] → [6,6] Isomerization and Decomposition of PCBM (Phenyl-C₆₁-Butyric Acid Methyl Ester). Chem. Mater. 2014, 26 (7), 2361-2367. DOI: 10.1021/cm500594u

9. A. L. Svitova, K. B. Ghiassi, C. Schlesier, K. Junghans, Y. Zhang, M. M. Olmstead, A. L. Balch, L. Dunsch, A. A. Popov. Endohedral fullerene with μ₃-carbido ligand and Titanium-Carbon double bond stabilized inside a carbon cage. Nat. Commun. 2014, 5, 3568. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4568

10. Y. Zhang, A. A. Popov. Transition-Metal and Rare-Earth-Metal Redox Couples inside Carbon Cages: Fullerenes Acting as Innocent Ligands. Organometallics 2014, 33 (18), 4537-4549. DOI: 10.1021/om5000387

11. J. Dreiser, R. Westerström, C. Piamonteze, F. Nolting, S. Rusponi, H. Brune, S. Yang, A. A. Popov, L. Dunsch, T. Greber. X-ray induced demagnetization of single-molecule magnets. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2014, 105 (3), 032411. DOI: 10.1063/1.4891485

12. Y. Zhang, D. Krylov, S. Schiemenz, M. Rosenkranz, R. Westerström, J. Dreiser, T. Greber, B. Büchner, A. A. Popov. Cluster-size dependent internal dynamics and magnetic anisotropy of Ho ions in HoM₂N@C₈₀ and Ho₂MN@C₈₀ families (M = Sc, Lu, Y). Nanoscale 2014, 6 (19), 11431-11438. DOI: 10.1039/C4NR02864C

13. J. Dreiser, R. Westerström, Y. Zhang, A. A. Popov, L. Dunsch, K. Krämer, S.-X. Liu, S. Decurtins, T. Greber. The Metallofullerene Field-Induced Single-Ion Magnet HoSc₂N@C₈₀. Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20 (42), 13536-13540. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201403042

14. A. A. Popov, A. D. Pykhova, I. N. Ioffe, F.-F. Li, L. Echegoyen. Anion radicals of isomeric [5,6] and [6,6] benzoadducts of Sc₃N@C₈₀: remarkable differences in endohedral cluster spin density and dynamics. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136 (38), 13435-13441. DOI: 10.1021/ja507607k

1. B. Elliott, A. D. Pykhova, J. Rivera, C. Cardona, L. Dunsch, A. A. Popov, L. Echegoyen. Spin Density and Cluster Dynamics in Sc₃N@C₈₀⁻ upon [5,6] Exohedral Functionalization: An ESR and DFT Study. J. Phys. Chem. C 2013, 117 (5), 2344-2348. DOI: 10.1021/jp310024u

2. T. T. Clikeman, I. V. Kuvychko, N. B. Shustova, Y.-S. Chen, A. A. Popov, O. V. Boltalina, S. H. Strauss. Regioselective Sequential Additions of Nucleophiles and Electrophiles to Perfluoroalkylfullerenes: Which Cage C Atoms Are the Most Reactive and Why. Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19 (16), 5070-5080. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201203571

3. A. Svitova, A. A. Popov, L. Dunsch. Gd/Sc-based Mixed Metal Nitride Cluster Fullerenes: The Mutual Influence of the Cage and Cluster Size and the Role of Sc in the Electronic Structure. Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52 (6), 3368-3380. DOI: 10.1021/ic400049k

4. S. M. Avdoshenko, P. Koskinen, H. Sebincli, A. A. Popov, C. G. Rocha. Topological Signatures in the Electronic Structure of Graphene Spirals. Sci. Rep. 2013, 3, 1632. DOI: 10.1038/srep01632

5. A. A. Popov, S. Yang, L. Dunsch. Endohedral Fullerenes. Chem. Rev. 2013, 113 (8), 5989–6113. DOI: 10.1021/cr300297r

6. I. V. Kuvychko, C. Dubceac, S. H. M. Deng, X. B. Wang, A. A. Granovsky, A. A. Popov, M. A. Petrukhina, S. H. Strauss, O. V. Boltalina. C₂₀H₄(C₄F₈)₃: A Fluorine-Containing Annulated Corannulene that Is a Better Electron Acceptor Than C₆₀. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52 (29), 7505-7508. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201300796

7. B. W. Larson, J. B. Whitaker, A. A. Popov, X.-B. Wang, G. Rumbles, N. Kopidakis, S. H. Strauss, O. V. Boltalina. Electron Affinity of Phenyl-C₆₁-Butyric Acid Methyl Ester (PC₆₁BM). J. Phys. Chem. C 2013, 117 (29), 14958-14964. DOI: 10.1021/jp403312g

8. Y. Zhang, S. Schiemenz, A. A. Popov, L. Dunsch. Strain-Driven Endohedral Redox Couple Ce^IV/Ce^III in Nitride Clusterfullerenes CeM₂N@C₈₀ (M = Sc, Y, Lu). J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2013, 4, 2404-2409. DOI: 10.1021/jz4009773

9. K. P. Castro, Y. Jin, J. J. Rack, S. H. Strauss, O. V. Boltalina, A. A. Popov. Perfluoroalkyl [70]-Fullerenes as Robust Highly-Luminescent Fluorocarbons, or Position of One CF₃ Group Matters! J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2013, 4, 2500-2507. DOI: 10.1021/jz401068t

10. T. T. Clikeman, S. H. M. Deng, S. Avdoshenko, X.-B. Wang, A. A. Popov, S. H. Strauss, O. V. Boltalina. Fullerene “Superhalogen” Radicals: the Substituent Effect on Electronic Properties of 1,7,11,24,27-C₆₀X₅. Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19 (45), 15404-15409. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201301234

1. E. V. Bukovsky, S. R. Fiedler, D. V. Peryshkov, A. A. Popov, O. P. Anderson, S. H. Strauss. The Structure of (H₃O)₂B₁₂F₁₂.6H₂O, a CCP Lattice of B₁₂F₁₂²⁻ Anions Intercalated with a Non-Planar Moguled Network of O–H...O Connected O₆ Rings.  Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2012, (2), 208-212. DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201101118

2. C. Chen, F. Liu, S. Li, N. Wang, A. A. Popov, M. Jiao, T. Wei, Q. Li, L. Dunsch, S. Yang. Titanium/Yttrium Mixed Metal Nitride Clusterfullerene TiY₂N@C₈₀: Synthesis, Isolation, and Effect of the Group-III Metal. Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51 (5), 3039–3045. DOI: 10.1021/ic202354u

3. I. Kuvychko, J. Whitaker, B. Larson, T. Folsom, N. B. Shustova, S. Avdoshenko, Y.-S. Chen, H. Wen, X.-B. Wang, L. Dunsch, A. A. Popov, S. H. Strauss, O. V. Boltalina. Substituent effects in a series of 1,7-C₆₀(R_F)₂ compounds (R_F = CF₃, C₂F₅, n-C₃F₇, i-C₃F₇, n-C₄F₉, s-C₄F₉, n-C₈F₁₇): electron affinities, reduction potentials and E(LUMO) values are not always correlated. Chem. Sci. 2012, 3 (5), 1399-1407. DOI: 10.1039/C2SC01133F

4. I. V. Kuvychko, S. N. Spisak, Y.-S. Chen, A. A. Popov, M. A. Petrukhina, S. H. Strauss, O. V. Boltalina. A Buckybowl with a Lot of Potential: C₅-C₂₀H₅(CF₃)₅. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51 (20), 4939–4942. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201200178

5. R. Westerström, J. Dreiser, C. Piamonteze, M. Muntwiler, S. Weyeneth, H. P. Brune, S. Rusponi, F. Nolting, A. A Popov, S. Yang, L. Dunsch, T. Greber. An endohedral single-molecule magnet with long relaxation times: DySc₂N@C₈₀. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134 (24), 9840–9843. DOI: 10.1021/ja301044p

6. Y. Zhang, A. A. Popov, S. Schiemenz, L. Dunsch. Synthesis, Isolation and Spectroscopic Characterization of Holmium-Based Mixed-Metal Nitride Clusterfullerenes: Ho_xSc_3−xN@C₈₀ (x=1, 2). Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18 (31), 9691-9698. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201200574

7. A. A. Popov, S. M. Avdoshenko, A. M. Pendás, L. Dunsch. Bonding between strongly repulsive metal atoms: an oxymoron made real in a confined space of endohedral metallofullerenes. Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 8031-8050. DOI: 10.1039/C2CC32568C

8. A. A. Popov, N. Chen, J. R. Pinzón, S. Stevenson, L. A. Echegoyen, L. Dunsch. A redox-active scandium-oxide cluster inside a fullerene cage: Spectroscopic, voltammetric, ESR spectroelectrochemical and extended DFT study of Sc₄O₂@C₈₀ and its ion-radicals. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134 (48), 19607–19618. DOI: 10.1021/ja306728p

9. T. Huang, J. Zhao, M. Feng, A. A. Popov, S. Yang, L. Dunsch, H. Petek. A multi-state single-molecule switch actuated by rotation of an encapsulated cluster within a fullerene cage. Chem. Phys. Lett. 2012, 552, 1-12. DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2012.09.064

10. A. Svitova, K. Braun, A. A. Popov, L. Dunsch. A Platform for Specific Delivery of Lanthanide–Scandium Mixed-Metal Cluster Fullerenes into Target Cells. Chem. Open 2012, 1 (5), 207-210. DOI: 10.1002/open.201200023

11. I. Ibrahim, A. Bachmatiuk, D. Grimm, A. Popov, S. Makharza, M. Knupfer, B. Büchner, G. Cuniberti, M. H. Rümmeli. Understanding high yield catalyst-free growth of horizontally aligned single walled carbon nanotubes nucleated by activated C₆₀ species. ACS Nano 2012, 6 (12), 10825-10834. DOI: 10.1021/nn304189y

1. N. B. Shustova, I. V. Kuvychko, D. V. Peryshkov, J. B. Whitaker, B. W. Larson, Y.-S. Chen, L. Dunsch, K. Seppelt, A. A. Popov, S. H. Strauss, O. V. Boltalina. Chemical tailoring of fullerene acceptors: synthesis, structures and electrochemical properties of perfluoroisopropylfullerenes. Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 875-877. DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03247F

2. N. B. Shustova, D. V. Peryshkov, I. V. Kuvychko, Y.-S. Chen, M. A. Mackey, C. E. Coumbe, D. T. Heaps, B. S. Confait, T. Heine, J. P. Phillips, S. Stevenson, L. Dunsch, A. A. Popov, S. H. Strauss, O. V. Boltalina. Poly(perfluoroalkylation) of Metallic Nitride Fullerenes Reveals Addition-Pattern Guidelines: Synthesis and Characterization of a Family of Sc₃N@C₈₀(CF₃)_n (n = 2−16) and Their Radical Anions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133 (8), 2672–2690. DOI: 10.1021/ja109462j

3. A. A. Popov, L. Dunsch. Electrochemistry in Cavea: Endohedral Redox Reactions of Encaged Species in Fullerenes. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2011, 2 (7), 786-794. DOI: 10.1021/jz200063k

4. A. A. Popov, L. Dunsch. Charge controlled changes in the cluster and spin dynamics of Sc₃N@C₈₀(CF₃)₂: the flexible spin density distribution and its impact on ESR spectra. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2011, 13 (19), 8977-8984. DOI: 10.1039/C0CP02070B

5. N. B. Shustova, I. V. Kuvychko, A. A. Popov, M. von Delius, L. Dunsch, O. P. Anderson, A. Hirsch, S. H. Strauss, O. V. Boltalina. Nitrogen Directs Multiple Radical Additions to the 9,9′-Bi-1-aza(C₆₀-I_h)[5,6]fullerene: X-ray Structure of 6,9,12,15,18-C₅₉N(CF₃)₅. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50 (24), 5537-5540. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201101227

6. A. A. Popov, S. M. Avdoshenko, G. Cuniberti, L. Dunsch. Dimerization of Radical-Anions: Nitride Clusterfullerenes vs Empty Fullerenes. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2011, 2, 1592-1600. DOI: 10.1021/jz200586v

7. I. V. Kuvychko, N. B. Shustova, S. M. Avdoshenko, A. A. Popov, S. H. Strauss, O. V. Boltalina. In Search of Fullerene-Based Superacids: Synthesis, X-ray structure and DFT study of C₆₀(C₂F₅)₅H. Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 8799-8802. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201101328

8. A. A. Popov, S. Schiemenz, S. M. Avdoshenko, S. Yang, G. Cuniberti, L. Dunsch. The State of Asymmetric Nitride Clusters in Endohedral Fullerenes as Studied by ¹⁴N-NMR Spectroscopy: Experiment and Theory. J. Phys. Chem. C 2011, 115, 15257–15265. DOI: 10.1021/jp204290f

9. A. A. Popov, S. Jeon, V. M. Senyavin, L. Dunsch, S. Maragani, M. Wang, L.-S. Tan, L. Y. Chian. Unique Ultralow 18π-Trannulenyl HOMO–LUMO Energy Gap of Photostable Emerald-Green D_3d-2-Methylmalonato[60]fullerenes. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2011, 2, 2296–2299. DOI: 10.1021/jz200978f

10. I. Ibrahim, A. Bachmatiuk, M. H. Rümmeli, U. Wolff, A. Popov, O. Boltalina, B. Büchner, G. Cuniberti. Growth of catalyst-assisted and catalyst-free horizontally aligned single wall carbon nanotubes. phys. stat. solidi (b) 2011, 248 (11), 2467–2470. DOI: 10.1002/pssb.201100073

11. S. M. Avdoshenko, I. N. Ioffe, G. Cuniberti, L. Dunsch, A. Popov. Organometallic Complexes of Graphene: Towards Atomic Spintronics Using Graphene Web. ACS Nano 2011, 5(12), 9939-9949. DOI: 10.1021/nn203719a

12. T. Huang, J. Zhao, M. Feng, A. A. Popov, S. Yang, L. Dunsch, H. Petek. A molecular switch based on current-driven rotation of an encapsulated cluster within a fullerene cage. Nano Lett. 2011, 11, 5327-5332. DOI: 10.1021/nl2028409

1. N. B. Shustova, Z. Mazej, Y.-S. Chen, A. A. Popov, S. H. Strauss, O. V. Boltalina. Saturnene Revealed: X-ray Crystal Structure of D_5d-C₆₀F₂₀ Formed in Reactions of C₆₀ with A_xMF_y Fluorinating Agents (A=Alkali Metal; M=3d Metal). Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 812-815. DOI: 10.1002/anie.200905832

2. X.-B. Wang, C. Chi, I. V. Kuvychko, K. Seppelt, A. A. Popov, S. H. Strauss, O. V. Boltalina, L.-S. Wang. Photoelectron Spectroscopy of C₆₀F_n^– and C₆₀F_m^2– (n = 17, 33, 35, 43, 45, 47; m = 34, 46) in the Gas Phase and the Generation and Characterization of C₁-C₆₀F₄₇^– and D₂-C₆₀F₄₄ in Solution. J. Phys. Chem. A 2010, 114, 1756-1765. DOI: 10.1021/jp9097364

3. A. A. Popov, L. Zhang, L. Dunsch. A pseudoatom in a cage: trimetallofullerene Y₃@C₈₀ mimics Y₃N@C₈₀ with nitrogen substituted by a pseudoatom. ACS Nano 2010, 4(2), 795-802. DOI: 10.1021/nn901422z

4. L. Dunsch, S. Yang, L. Zhang, A. Svitova, S. Oswald, A. A. Popov. Metal Sulfide in a C₈₂ Fullerene Cage: A New Form of Endohedral Clusterfullerenes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 5413-5421. DOI: 10.1021/ja909580j

5. N. Chen, S. Klod, P. Rapta, A. A. Popov, L. Dunsch. Direct Arc-Discharge Assisted Synthesis of C₆₀H₂(C₃H₅N): A cis-1-Pyrrolino C₆₀ Fullerene Hydride with Unusual Redox Properties. Chem. Mater. 2010, 22 (8), 2608-2615. DOI: 10.1021/cm903870v

6. A. Vargová, A. A. Popov, P. Rapta, B. Sun, L. Zhang, L. Dunsch. Electrochemical Tuning of Spin States of the Endohedral Metallofullerene Y@C₈₂ as Probed by ESR Spectroelectrochemistry. ChemPhysChem, 2010, 11, 1650-1653. DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200901015

7. A. A. Popov, N. B. Shustova, A. L. Svitova, M. A. Mackey, C. E. Coumbe, J. P. Phillips, S. Stevenson, S. H. Strauss, O. V. Boltalina, L. Dunsch. Redox tuning endohedral fullerene spin states. From the dication to the trianion radical of Sc₃N@C₈₀(CF₃)₂ in five reversible single-electron steps. Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16 (16), 4721-4724. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201000205. 

8. I. V. Kuvychko, A. V. Streletskii, N. B. Shustova, K. Seppelt, T. Drewello, A. A. Popov, S. H. Strauss, O. V. Boltalina. Soluble Chlorofullerenes C₆₀Cl_2,4,6,8,10. Synthesis, Purification, Compositional Analysis, Stability, and Experimental/Theoretical Structure Elucidation, Including the X-ray Structure of C₁-1,2,7,10,14,24,25,28,29,31-C₆₀Cl₁₀. J. Am .Chem. Soc. 2010, 132 (18), 6443-6462. DOI: 10.1021/ja1005256

9. L. Zhang, A. A. Popov, S. Yang, S. Klod, P. Rapta, L. Dunsch. An endohedral redox system in a fullerene cage: the Ce based mixed-metal cluster fullerene Lu₂CeN@C₈₀. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2010, 12, 7840-7847. DOI: 10.1039/c002918a.

10. A. A. Popov, C. Chen, S. Yang, F. Lipps, L. Dunsch. The Spin-Flow Vibrational Spectroscopy of Molecules with Flexible Spin Density: Electrochemistry, ESR, Cluster and Spin Dynamics, and Bonding in TiSc₂N@C₈₀. ACS Nano 2010, 4 (8), 4857-4871. DOI: 10.1021/nn101115d

11. A. A. Popov, I. E. Kareev, N. B. Shustova, S. H. Strauss, O. V. Boltalina, L. Dunsch. Unraveling the Electron Spin Resonance Pattern of Nonsymmetric Radicals with 30 Fluorine Atoms: Electron Spin Resonance and Vis−Near-Infrared Spectroelectrochemistry of the Anion Radicals and Dianions of C₆₀(CF₃)_2n (2n = 2–10) Derivatives and Density Functional Theory-Assisted Assignment. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132 (33), 11709-11721. DOI: 10.1021/ja1043775

12. D. Peryshkov, A. A. Popov, S. H. Strauss. Latent Porosity in Potassium Dodecafluoro-closo-dodecaborate(2−). Structures and Rapid Room Temperature Interconversions of Crystalline K₂B₁₂F₁₂, K₂(H₂O)₂B₁₂F₁₂, and K₂(H₂O)₄B₁₂F₁₂ in the Presence of Water Vapor. J. Am .Chem. Soc. 2010, 132 (39), 13902-13913. DOI: 10.1021/ja105522d

13. N. B. Shustova, I. E. Kareev, I. V. Kuvychko, J. B. Whitaker, S. F. Lebedkin, A. A. Popov, L. Dunsch, Y.-S. Chen, K. Seppelt, S. H. Strauss, O. V. Boltalina. High-temperature and photochemical syntheses of C₆₀ and C₇₀ fullerene derivatives with linear perfluoroalkyl chains. J. Fluor. Chem. 2010, 131, 1198-1212. DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluchem.2010.08.001

14. I. V. Kuvychko, A. A. Popov, A. V. Streletskii, L. C. Nye, T. Drewello, S. H. Strauss, O. V. Boltalina. Dynamic HPLC study of C₇₀ chlorination reveals a surprisingly selective synthesis of C₇₀Cl₈. Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 8204-8206. DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03134H

1. A. A. Popov, A. V. Burtsev, V. M. Senyavin, L. Dunsch, S. I. Troyanov. Spectroscopic and Theoretical Study of the Dimeric Dicationic Fullerene Complex [(C₇₀)₂]²⁺(Ti₃Cl₁₃)⁻₂. J. Phys. Chem. A 2009, 113 (1), 263-272. DOI: 10.1021/jp805264q

2. A. A. Popov, V. M. Senyavin, V. I. Korepanov, I. V. Goldt, A. M. Lebedev, V. G. Stankevich, K. A. Menshikov, N. Yu. Svechnikov, O. V. Boltalina, I. E. Kareev, S. Kimura, O. Sidorova, K. Kanno, I. Akimoto. Vibrational, electronic, and vibronic excitations of polar C₆₀F₁₈ molecules: Experimental and theoretical study. Phys. Rev. B 2009, 79 (4), 045413. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.045413

3. A. A. Popov. Metal-Cage Bonding, Molecular Structures and Vibrational Spectra of Endohedral Fullerenes: Bridging Experiment and Theory. J. Comput. Theor. Nanosci. 2009, 6 (2), 292-317. DOI: 10.1166/jctn.2009.1037

4. M. Zalibera, P. Rapta, A. A. Popov, L. Dunsch. Charged States of Four Isomers of C₈₄ Fullerene: In Situ ESR and Vis−NIR Spectroelectrochemistry and DFT Calculations. J. Phys. Chem. C 2009, 113 (13), 5141-5149. DOI: 10.1021/jp811274g

5. S. Yang, A. A. Popov, C. Chen, L. Dunsch. Mixed Metal Nitride Clusterfullerenes in Cage Isomers: Lu_xSc_3−xN@C₈₀ (x = 1, 2) As Compared with M_xSc_3−xN@C₈₀ (M = Er, Dy, Gd, Nd). J. Phys. Chem. C 2009, 113 (18), 7616-7623. DOI: 10.1021/jp9005263

6. A. A. Popov, S. Yang, M. Kalbac, P. Rapta, L. Dunsch. Electronic Structure of Sc₃N@C₆₈ in Neutral and Charged States: An Experimental and TD-DFT Study. In AIP Conf. Proc. 1148 Computational Methods in Science and Engineering, Advances in Computational Science, T. E. Simos and G. Maroulis (Editors), 2009, pp 712-715. DOI: 10.1063/1.3225413

7. A. A. Popov, L. Dunsch. Bonding in Endohedral Metallofullerenes as Studied by Quantum Theory of Atoms in Molecules. Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15 (38), 9707-9729. DOI: 10.1002/chem.200901045

8. S. Yang, C. Chen, A. A. Popov, W. Zhang, F. Liu, L. Dunsch. An endohedral titanium(III) in a clusterfullerene: putting a non-group-III metal nitride into the C₈₀-I_h fullerene cage. Chem. Commun, 2009, 6391-6393. DOI: 10.1039/B803200A

9. N. B. Shustova, Y.-S. Chen, M. A. Mackey, C. E. Coumbe, J. P. Phillips, S. Stevenson, A. A. Popov, O. V. Boltalina, S. H. Strauss. Sc₃N@(C₈₀-I_h(7))(CF₃)₁₄ and Sc₃N@(C₈₀-I_h(7))(CF₃)₁₆. Endohedral Metallofullerene Derivatives with Exohedral Addends on Four and Eight Triple-Hexagon Junctions. Does the Sc₃N Cluster Control the Addition Pattern or Vice Versa? J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131 (48), 17630-17637. DOI: 10.1021/ja9069216

10. D. V. Peryshkov, A. A. Popov, S. H. Strauss. Direct Perfluorination of K₂B₁₂H₁₂ in Acetonitrile Occurs at the Gas Bubble−Solution Interface and Is Inhibited by HF. Experimental and DFT Study of Inhibition by Protic Acids and Soft, Polarizable Anions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131 (51), 18393-18403. DOI: 10.1021/ja9069437

1. S. Yang, A. A. Popov, M. Kalbac, L. Dunsch. The Isomers of Gadolinium Scandium Nitride Clusterfullerenes Gd_xSc_3-xN@C₈₀ (x=1, 2) and Their Influence on Cluster Structure. Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14 (7), 2084-2092. DOI: 10.1002/chem.200701598

2. A. A. Popov, N. B. Shustova, O. V. Boltalina, S. H. Strauss, L. Dunsch. ESR-Vis/NIR Spectroelectrochemical Study of C₇₀(CF₃)₂^−. and C₇₀(C₂F₅)₂^−. Radical Anions. ChemPhysChem 2008, 9 (3), 431-438. DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200700708

3. S. Yang, A. A. Popov, L. Dunsch. Large mixed metal nitride clusters encapsulated in a small cage: the confinement of the C₆₈-based clusterfullerenes. Chem. Commun. 2008, 2885-2887. DOI: 10.1039/B803200A

4. P. Rapta, A. A. Popov, S. Yang, L. Dunsch. The Charged States of Sc₃N@C₆₈: An in situ Spectroelectrochemical Study of the Radical Cation and Radical Anion of a Non-IPR Fullerene. J. Phys. Chem. A 2008, 112 (26), 5858-5865. DOI: 10.1021/jp802655f

5. I. E. Kareev, I. V. Kuvychko, N. B. Shustova, S. F. Lebedkin, V. P. Bubnov, O. P. Anderson, A. A. Popov, O. V. Boltalina, S. H. Strauss. C₁-(C₈₄-C₂(11))(CF₃)₁₂: Trifluoromethylation Yields Structural Proof of a Minor C₈₄ Cage and Reveals a Principle of Higher Fullerene Reactivity. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 6204-6207. DOI: 10.1002/anie.200801777

6. M. Zalibera, A. A. Popov, M. Kalbac, P. Rapta, L. Dunsch. The Extended Protocol of the empty C₈₂:3 fullerene cage: Isolation, Structure, Spectroscopy, Electrochemistry, Spectroelectrochemistry and DFT Calculations. Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14 (32), 9960-9967. DOI: 10.1002/chem.200800591

7. S. Yang, A. A. Popov, L. Dunsch. Carbon Pyramidalization in Fullerene Cages Induced by the Endohedral Cluster: the First Non-Scandium Mixed Metal Nitride Clusterfullerenes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 8196-8200. DOI: 10.1002/anie.200802009

8. I. E. Kareev, A. A. Popov, I. V. Kuvychko, N. B. Shustova, S. F. Lebedkin, V. P. Bubnov, O. P. Anderson, K. Seppelt, S. H. Strauss, O. V. Boltalina. Synthesis and X-ray or NMR/DFT Structure Elucidation of Twenty-One New Trifluoromethyl Derivatives of Soluble Cage Isomers of C₇₆, C₇₈, C₈₄, and C₉₀. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 13471-13489. DOI: 10.1021/ja8041614

9. A. A. Popov, L. Dunsch. Hindered Cluster Rotation and ⁴⁵Sc Hyperfine Splitting Constant in Distonoid Anion-Radical Sc₃N@C₈₀⁻, and Spatial Spin-Charge Separation as a General Principle for Anions of Endohedral Fullerenes with Metal-Localized Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130 (52), 17726-17742. DOI: 10.1021/ja804226a

1. S. Yang, A. Popov, L. Dunsch. An Exception to the Isolated Pentagon Rule (IPR): The Endohedral Non-IPR C₇₀ Cage of Sc₃N@C₇₀. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46 (8), 1256-1259. DOI: 10.1002/anie.200603281

2. M. Krause, F. Ziegs, A. A. Popov, L. Dunsch. Entrapped Bonded Hydrogen in a Fullerene: the Five-Atom Cluster Sc₃CH in C₈₀. ChemPhysChem 2007, 8, 537-540. DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200600363

3. A. Popov, M. Krause, S. Yang, J. Wong, L. Dunsch. C₇₈ cage isomerism defined by trimetallic nitride cluster size: a computational and vibrational spectroscopic study. J. Phys. Chem. B 2007, 111, 3363-3369. DOI: 10.1021/jp068661r

4. I. E. Kareev, N. B. Shustova, D. V. Peryshkov, S. F. Lebedkin, S. M. Miller, O. P. Anderson, A. A. Popov, O. V. Boltalina, S. H. Strauss. X-ray structure and DFT study of C₁-C₆₀(CF₃)₁₂. A high-energy, kinetically-stable isomer prepared at 500 °C. Chem. Commun. 2007, (16), 1650-1652. DOI: 10.1039/B617489B

5. A. M. Lebedev, K. A. Menshikov, V. G. Stankevich, N. Yu. Svechnikov, A. A. Popov, O. V.  Boltalina, O. Drozdova, S. Kimura. Polarized IR studies of C₆₀F₁₈ single crystals. Diam. Relat. Mater. 2007, 16 (4-7), 1236-1239. DOI: 10.1016/j.diamond.2006.11.093

6. N. B. Shustova, B. S. Newell, S. M. Miller, O. P. Anderson, R. D. Bolskar, K. Seppelt, A. A. Popov, O. V. Boltalina, S. H. Strauss. Discovering and Verifying Elusive Fullerene Cage Isomers: Structures of C₂-p¹¹-(C₇₄-D_3h)(CF₃)₁₂ and C₂-p¹¹-(C₇₈-D_3h(5))(CF₃)₁₂. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46 (8), 4111-4114. DOI: 10.1002/anie.200604968

7. N. B. Shustova, D. V. Peryshkov, A. A. Popov, O. V. Boltalina, S. H. Strauss. 1,6,11,18,24,27,33,51,54,60-Decakis(trifluoromethyl)-1,6,11,18,24,27,33,51,54,60-decahydro(C₆₀-I_h)[5,6]fullerene. Acta Cryst. E 2007, E63, o3129. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536807026128

8. V. I. Korepanov, A. A. Popov, V. M. Senyavin, M. A. Yurovskaya, E. S. Chernyshova. Infrared spectrum and structure of 2-thienyl-N-methylfulleropyrrolidine. Moscow Univ. Chem. Bull. 2007, 62, 72-78. DOI: 10.3103/S0027131407020034 (В. И. Корепанов, А. А. Попов, В. М. Сенявин, М. А. Юровская, Э. С. Чернышова. ИК спектр и структура 2-тиенил-N-метил-фуллеренопирролидина. Вестн. Моск. Ун-та. Сер. 2. Химия 2007, 48 (2), 86-94).

9. A. A. Popov, I. E. Kareev, N. B. Shustova, E. B. Stukalin, S. F. Lebedkin, K. Seppelt, S. H. Strauss, O. V. Boltalina, L. Dunsch. Electrochemical, Spectroscopic, and DFT Study of C₆₀(CF₃)_n Frontier Orbitals (n = 2-18): The Link between Double Bonds in Pentagons and Reduction Potentials. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129 (37), 11551-11568. DOI: 10.1021/ja073181e

10. N. B. Shustova, A. A. Popov, M. A. Mackey, C. E. Coumbe, J. P. Phillips, S. Stevenson, S. H. Strauss, O. V. Boltalina. Radical Trifluoromethylation of Sc₃N@C₈₀. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129 (38), 11676-11677. DOI: 10.1021/ja074332g

11. A. A. Popov, L. Dunsch. Structure, Stability, and Cluster-Cage Interactions in Nitride Clusterfullerenes M₃N@C_2n (M = Sc, Y; 2n = 68-98): a Density Functional Theory Study. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129 (38), 11835-11549. DOI: 10.1021/ja073809l

12. Y. Kobayashi, A. A. Popov, S. M. Miller, O. P. Anderson, S. H. Strauss. Synthesis and Structure of Ag(1-Me-12-SiPh₃-CB₁₁F₁₀): Selective F12 Substitution in 1-Me-CB₁₁F₁₁^- and the First Ag(arene)₄⁺ Tetrahedron. Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46 (21), 8505-8507. DOI: 10.1021/ic701606p

13. S. Yang, A. A. Popov, L. Dunsch. The Role of an Asymmetric Nitride Cluster on a Fullerene Cage: The Non-IPR Endohedral DySc₂N@C₇₆. J. Phys. Chem. B 2007, 111 (49), 13659-13663. DOI: 10.1021/jp709650d

14. A. A. Popov, I. E. Kareev, N. B. Shustova, S. F. Lebedkin, S. H. Strauss, O. V. Boltalina, L. Dunsch. Synthesis, Spectroscopic and Electrochemical Characterization, and DFT Study of Seventeen C₇₀(CF₃)_n Derivatives (n = 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12). Chem. Eur. J. 2007, 14 (1), 107-121. DOI: 10.1002/chem.200700970

1. E. I. Dorozhkin, D. V. Ignat’eva, N. B. Tamm, A. A. Goryunkov, P. A. Khavrel, I. N. Ioffe, A. A. Popov, I. V. Kuvychko, A. V. Streletskiy, V. Y. Markov, J. Spandl, S. H. Strauss, O. V. Boltalina. Synthesis, Characterization, and Theoretical Study of Stable Isomers of C₇₀(CF₃)_n (n = 2, 4, 6, 8, 10). Chem. Eur. J. 2006, 12, 3876–3889. DOI: 10.1002/chem.200501346

2. Y. Kobayashi, S. V. Ivanov, A. A. Popov, S. M. Miller, O. P. Anderson, K. A. Solntsev, S. H. Strauss. Tetrabutylammonium salt of the B₂₄F₂₂^4– anion. Two B₁₂F₁₁^2– icosahedra linked by a 2c-2e B-B bond and surrounded by a sheath of CH···FB hydrogen bonds. Heteroatom Chemistry 2006, 17 (3), 181-187. DOI: 10.1002/hc.20220

3. I. E. Kareev, S. F. Lebedkin, A. A. Popov, S. M. Miller, O. P. Anderson, S. H. Strauss, O. V. Boltalina. 1,6,12,15,18,23,25,41,45,57-Decakis(trifluoromethyl)-1,6,12,15,18,23,25,41,45,57-decahydro(C₆₀–I_h)[5,6]fullerene. Acta Cryst. E 2006, E62, o1501–o1503. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536806008300

4. A. A. Popov, V. M. Senyavin, S. I. Troyanov. Electronic Structure and Spectroscopic Studies of D_3d-C₆₀Cl₃₀, a Chlorofullerene with a [18]Trannulene Ring, and Its Relation to Other [18]Trannulenes. J. Phys. Chem. A. 2006, 110(23), 7414-7421. DOI: 10.1021/jp060522m

5. A. A. Popov, V. M. Senyavin, O. V. Boltalina, K. Seppelt, J. Spandl, C. S. Feigerle, R. N. Compton. Infrared, Raman, and DFT Vibrational Spectroscopic Studies of C₆₀F₃₆ and C₆₀F₄₈. J. Phys. Chem. A 2006, 110(28), 8645-8652. DOI: 10.1021/jp060697w

6. M. Krause, A. Popov, L. Dunsch. Vibrational Structure of Endohedral Fullerene Sc₃N@C₇₈ (D_3h’) – Evidence for a Strong Coupling between the Sc₃N cluster and C₇₈ Cage. ChemPhysChem 2006, 7 (8), 1734-1740. DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200600139

7. S. Yang, M. Kalbac, A. Popov, L. Dunsch. Gadolinium-Based Mixed-Metal Nitride Clusterfullerenes Gd_xSc_3-xN@C₈₀ (x=1, 2). ChemPhysChem 2006, 7 (9), 1990-1995. DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200600323

8. M. V. Korobov, A. G. Bogachev, V. M. Senyavin, A. A. Popov, V. A. Davydov, A. V. Rakhmanina, A. V. Markin. Equilibrium Phase Diagram of Polymerized C₆₀ and Kinetics of Decomposition of the Polymerized Phases. Fullerenes Nanotubes Carbon Nanostr. 2006, 14 (2-3), 401–407. DOI: 10.1080/10407780600665983

9. S. Yang, M. Kalbac, A. Popov, L. Dunsch. A Facile Route to the Non-IPR Fullerene Sc₃N@C₆₈: Synthesis, Spectroscopic Characterization, and Density Functional Theory Computations (IPR=Isolated Pentagon Rule). Chem. Eur. J. 2006, 12, 7856–7863. DOI: 10.1002/chem.200600261

10. I. E. Kareev. N. B. Shustova, I. V. Kuvychko, S. F. Lebedkin, S. M. Miller, O. P. Anderson, A. A. Popov, S. H. Strauss, O. V. Boltalina, O. V. Thermally Stable Perfluoroalkylfullerenes with the Skew-Pentagonal-Pyramid Pattern: C₆₀(C₂F₅)₄O, C₆₀(CF₃)₄O, and C₆₀(CF₃)₆. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128 (37), 12268-12280. DOI: 10.1021/ja063907r

11. A. A. Goryunkov, I. E. Kareev, I. N. Ioffe, A. A. Popov, I. V. Kuvychko, V. Y. Markov, I. V. Goldt, A. S. Pimenova, M. G. Serov, S. M. Avdoshenko, P. A. Khavrel, L. N. Sidorov, S. F. Lebedkin, Z. Mazej, B. Žemva, S. H. Strauss, O. V. Boltalina. Reaction of C₆₀ with KMnF₄: Isolation and characterization of a new isomer of C₆₀F₈ and re-evaluation of the structures of C₆₀F₇(CF₃) and the known isomer of C₆₀F₈. J. Fluor. Chem. 2006, 1423-1435. DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluchem.2006.06.016

12. N. B. Shustova, I. V. Kuvychko, R. D. Bolskar, K. Seppelt, S. H. Strauss, A. A. Popov, O. V. Boltalina. Trifluoromethyl Derivatives of Insoluble Small-HOMO-LUMO-Gap Hollow Higher Fullerenes. NMR and DFT Structure Elucidation of C₂-(C₇₄-D_3h)(CF₃)₁₂, C_s-(C₇₆-T_d(2))(CF₃)₁₂, C₂-(C₇₈-D_3h(5))(CF₃)₁₂, C_s-(C₈₀-C_2v(5))(CF₃)₁₂, and C₂-(C₈₂-C₂(5))(CF₃)₁₂. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128(49), 15793-15798. DOI: 10.1021/ja065178l

13. S. Yang, S. I. Troyanov, A. A. Popov, M. Krause, L. Dunsch. Deviation from the Planarity-a Large Dy₃N Cluster Encapsulated in an I_h-C₈₀ Cage: An X-ray Crystallographic and Vibrational Spectroscopic Study. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006; 128, 16733-16739. DOI: 10.1021/ja066814i

1. S. I. Troyanov, N. B. Shustova, A. A. Popov, L. N. Sidorov, E. Kemnitz. The First Preparation and Structural Characterization of Two Kinetically Stable Chlorofullerenes, C₆₀Cl₂₈ and C₆₀Cl₃₀. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 432-435. DOI: 10.1002/anie.200462139

2. M. V. Korobov, A. G. Bogachev, A. A. Popov, V. M. Senyavin, E. B. Stukalin, A. V. Dzyabchenko, V. A. Davydov, L. S. Kashevarova, A. V. Rakhmanina, V. Agafonov. Relative stability of polymerized phases of C₆₀: Depolymerization of a tetragonal phase. Carbon 2005, 43, 954-961. DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2004.11.026

3. N. B. Shustova, A. A. Popov, L. N. Sidorov, A. P. Turnbull, E. Kemnitz, S. I. Troyanov. Preparation and crystallographic characterization of C₆₀Cl₂₄. Chem. Comm. 2005, 1411-1413. DOI: 10.1039/B416341A

4. A. B. Kolomeisky, E. B. Stukalin, A. A. Popov. Understanding mechanochemical coupling in kinesins using first-passage-time processes. Phys. Rev. E 2005, 71, 031902. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.71.031902

5. S. I. Troyanov, A. A. Popov. New [70]Fullerene Chloride, C₇₀Cl₁₆, Obtained by the Attempted Bromination of C₇₀ in TiCl₄. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 4215-4218. DOI: 10.1002/anie.200500476

6. I. V. Kuvychko, A. V. Streletskii, A. A. Popov, S. G. Kotsiris, T. Drewello, S. H. Strauss, O. V. Boltalina. Seven-Minute Synthesis of Pure C_s-C₆₀Cl₆ from [60]Fullerene and Iodine Monochloride. First IR, Raman, and Mass Spectra of 99 mol% C₆₀Cl₆. Chem. Eur. J. 2005, 11 (18), 5426–5436. DOI: 10.1002/chem.200500185

7. M. R. Erenburg, A. A. Popov, O. A. Semenikhin. Spectroelectrochemical Properties of Some Polymers of Polythiophene Series. Russian Journal of Electrochemistry 2005, 41 (6), 671–680. (М.Р. Эренбург, А.А. Попов, О.А. Семинихин. Спектроэлектрохимические свойства некоторых полимеров ряда политиофена. Электрохимия 2005, 41(6), 755–765.).

8. A. A. Popov, J. Tarabek, I. E. Kareev, S. F. Lebedkin, S. H. Strauss, O. V. Boltalina, L. Dunsch. Poly(trifluoromethyl)fullerene Radical Anions. An ESR/Vis-NIR Spectroelectrochemical Study of C₆₀F_2,4 and C₆₀(CF₃)_2,10. J. Phys. Chem. A 2005, 109 (43), 9709-9711. DOI: 10.1021/jp0550006

9. S. I. Troyanov, N. B. Shustova, A. A. Popov, L. N. Sidorov. Synthesis and Structures of C₆₀ Fullerene Chlorides. Russ. Chem. Bull., Int. Ed. 2005, 7, 1656–1666. DOI: 10.1007/s11172-006-0018-4 (С. И. Троянов, Н. Б. Шустова, А. А. Попов, Л. Н. Сидоров. Синтез и строение хлоридов фуллерена С₆₀. Изв. Акад. Наук., Сер. Хим. 2005, 7, 1608-1618.)

10. I. E. Kareev, I. V. Kuvychko, A. A. Popov, S. F. Lebedkin, S. M. Miller, O. P. Anderson, S. H. Strauss, O. V. Boltalina. High-Temperature Synthesis of the Surprisingly Stable C₁-C₇₀(CF₃)₁₀ Isomer with a para⁷-meta-para Ribbon of Nine C₆(CF₃)₂ Edge-Sharing Hexagons. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2005, 44 (48), 7984-7987. DOI: 10.1002/anie.200502419

1. J. V. Rau, S. Nunziante Cesaro, O. V. Boltalina, V. Agafonov, A. A. Popov, L. N. Sidorov. Raman and Infrared Spectroscopic Study of C₆₀F₁₈, C₆₀F₃₆ and C₆₀F₄₈. Vibrational Spectroscopy 2004, 34, 137-147. DOI: 10.1016/j.vibspec.2003.05.003

2. A. A. Popov, V. M. Senyavin, A. A. Granovsky. Vibrations of Bromofullerene C₆₀Br₂₄: C₆₀ Cage Confined Into Static Bromine Sphere. Chem. Phys. Lett. 2004, 383, 149-155. DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2003.10.144

3. V. I. Korepanov, A. A. Popov, V. M. Senyavin, M. Reinov, M. A. Yurovskaya. Infrared Spectra and Structure of C₆₀ Heterocyclic Derivatives. Fullerenes Nanotubes Carbon Nanostr. 2004, 12, 209-213. DOI: 10.1081/FST-120027158

4. V. M. Senyavin, A. A. Popov, A. A. Granovsky, V. A. Davydov, V. N. Agafonov. Ab initio and DFT-Based Assignment of the Vibrational Spectra of Polymerized Fullerenes. Fullerenes Nanotubes Carbon Nanostr. 2004, 12, 253-258. DOI: 10.1081/FST-120027165

5. A. A. Popov, V. M. Senyavin, A. A. Granovsky. Vibrational Spectra of Chloro- and Bromofullerenes. Fullerenes Nanotubes Carbon Nanostr. 2004, 12, 305-310. DOI: 10.1081/FST-120027184

6. N. I. Denisenko, S. I. Troyanov, A. A. Popov, I. V. Kuvychko, B. Zemva, E. Kemnitz, S. H. Strauss, O. V. Boltalina. T_h-C₆₀F₂₄. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 1618-1619. DOI: 10.1021/ja039361f

7. S. I. Troyanov, N. B. Shustova, A. A. Popov, M. Feist, E. Kemnitz. Chlorination of C₆₀ and C₇₀ Fullerenes Using SbCl₅ and VCl₄ Chlorides. Russ. J. Inorg. Chem. 2004, 49 (9), 1303–1307. (С. И. Троянов, Н. Б. Шустова, А. А. Попов, М. Файст, Э. Кемниц. Хлорирование фуллеренов C₆₀ и C₇₀ с использованием хлоридов SbCl₅ and VCl₄. Ж. Неорг. Хим. 2004, 49 (9), 1413–1418).

8. A. A. Popov, A. A. Goryunkov, I. V. Goldt, I. S. Kareev, I. V. Kuvychko, W.−D. Hunnius, K. Seppelt, S. H. Strauss, O. V. Boltalina. Raman, Infrared, and Theoretical Studies of Fluorofullerene C₆₀F₂₀. J. Phys. Chem. A 2004, 108, 11449-11456. DOI: 10.1021/jp046214a

1. S. I. Troyanov, A. A. Popov, N. I. Denisenko, O. V. Boltalina, L. N. Sidorov, E. Kemnitz. The First X-ray Crystal Structures of Halogenated [70]Fullerene: C₇₀Br₁₀ and C₇₀Br₁₀×3Br₂. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2003, 42, 2395-2398. DOI: 10.1002/anie.200351132

2. P. A. Troshin, D. Kolesnikov, A. V. Burtsev, R. N. Lubovskaya, N. I. Denisenko, A. A. Popov, S. I. Troyanov, O. V. Boltalina. Bromination of [60]Fullerene. I. High-Yield Synthesis of C₆₀Br_x (x = 6, 8, 24). Fullerenes Nanotubes Carbon Nanostr. 2003, 11, 47-60. DOI: 10.1081/FST-120018666

3. P. A. Dorozhko, A. S. Lobach, A. A. Popov, V. M. Senyavin, M. V. Korobov. Sublimation of Hydrofullerenes C₆₀H₃₆ and C₆₀H₁₈. Chem. Phys. Lett. 2001, 336, 39-46. DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2614(01)00103-8

4. R. G. Gasanov, O. G. Kalina, A. A. Popov, P. A. Dorozhko, B. L. Tumanskii. ESR Study of the photolysis of C₆₀Cl₆. Russ. Chem. Bull. 2000, 4, 753-753. DOI: 10.1007/BF02495497 (Р. Г. Гасанов, О. Г. Калина, А. А. Попов, П. А. Дорожко, Б. Л. Туманский Исследование методом ЭПР фотолиза C₆₀Cl₆. Изв. Акад. Наук., Сер. Хим. 2000, 4, 752-753).

5. P. A. Dorozhko, A. A. Popov, M. V. Korobov, B. L. Tumanskii. Stability of Gaseous Fullerene Chlorides. Chem. Phys. Lett. 1998, 287, 154-161. DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2614(98)00136-5

Reviews

F. Liu, L. Spree, D. S. Krylov, G. Velkos, S. M. Avdoshenko, A. A. Popov. Single-electron lanthanide-lanthanide bonds inside fullerenes toward robust redox-active molecular magnets.  Acc. Chem. Res. 2019, 52 (10), 2981-2993. DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.9b00373

L. Spree, A. A. Popov. Recent advances in single molecule magnetism of dysprosium-metallofullerenes. Dalton Trans. 2019, 48, 2861. DOI: 10.1039/c8dt05153d

A. A. Popov. Redox-active metal–metal bonds between lanthanides in dimetallofullerenes. Curr. Opin. Electrochem. 2018, 8, 73-80. DOI: 10.1016/j.coelec.2017.12.003

O. V. Boltalina, A. A. Popov, I. V. Kuvychko, N. B. Shustova, S. H. Strauss. Perfluoroalkylfullerenes. Chem. Rev. 2015, 115, 1051-1105. DOI: 10.1021/cr5002595

Y. Zhang, A. A. Popov. Transition-Metal and Rare-Earth-Metal Redox Couples inside Carbon Cages: Fullerenes Acting as Innocent Ligands. Organometallics 2014, 33(18), 4537-4549. DOI: 10.1021/om5000387

A. A. Popov, S. Yang, L. Dunsch. Endohedral Fullerenes. Chem. Rev. 2013, 113 (8), 5989–6113. DOI: 10.1021/cr300297r

A. A. Popov, S. M. Avdoshenko, A. M. Pendás, L. Dunsch. Bonding between strongly repulsive metal atoms: an oxymoron made real in a confined space of endohedral metallofullerenes. Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 8031-8050. DOI: 10.1039/C2CC32568C

A. A. Popov, L. Dunsch. Electrochemistry in Cavea: Endohedral Redox Reactions of Encaged Species in Fullerenes. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2011, 2 (7), 786-794. DOI: 10.1021/jz200063k

A. A. Popov. Metal-Cage Bonding, Molecular Structures and Vibrational Spectra of Endohedral Fullerenes: Bridging Experiment and Theory. J. Comput. Theor. Nanosci. 2009, 6 (2), 292-317. DOI: 10.1166/jctn.2009.1037

Book Chapters

In Endohedral Fullerenes: Electron Transfer and Spin. A.A. Popov (Editor). Springer International Publishing, 2017. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-47049-8

• Synthesis and Molecular Structures of Endohedral Fullerenes. pp. 1-34 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-47049-8_1
• Electrochemistry and Frontier Molecular Orbitals of Endohedral Metallofullerenes. pp. 35-62 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-47049-8_2
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