Fullerene compounds made simulation-ready: New model helps understand compound nanomolecules made of football-shaped fullerenes

Hollow football-shaped carbon structures, called fullerenes, have applications in areas ranging from artificial photosynthesis and nonlinear optics, to the production of photoactive films and nanostructures. Scientists have now developed a method that can be used for future simulations of fullerene complexes and thus help understand their characteristics.