Definitions
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- adjective chemistry Describing a
fullerene (or similar molecule) that has additionalatoms ,ions , orclusters enclosed within their inner spheres. - noun chemistry Such a compound
Etymologies
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endo- + -hedral
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Examples
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Dorn and Duchamp have used non-radioactive Lu to produce the trimetallic nitride endohedral metallofullerenes (Lu3N@C80) - in other words, three atoms of Lu attached to a nitrogen atom inside an 80-atom carbon molecule cage.
Nano Tech Wire 2009
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