Transition metal fullerene chemistry: The route from structural studies of exohedral adducts to the formation of redox active films

Abstract This article encompasses: (1) an update on recent developments on transition metal/fullerene adduct formation, (2) the use of metal complexes to form ordered crystalline adducts of fullerenes for study by X-ray diffraction, (3) the characterization of fullerene oxides, and (4) the formation of redox active films from fullerene oxides and from fullerenes.