Fernando Langa is a Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Toledo, SPAIN. His primary research interest are in the areas of chemistry of fullerenes, nanotubes, functionalization and solar energy conversion. Jean-François Nierengarten works at the CNRS Researcher, Toulouse, France.His current scientific interests range from covalent chemistry of fullerenes to dendrimers and Pi-conjugated systems with unusual electronic and optical properties.

• Preface;Production, Isolation and Purification of Fullerenes;Basic Principles of the Chemical Reactivity of Fullerenes;Three Electrodes and a Cage: an Account of Electrochemical Research on C60, C70 and their Derivatives;Light Induced Processes in Fullerene Multicomponent Systems;Dendritic Encapsulation of Fullerenes to Facilitate their Nanoscopic Organization;Hydrogen Bonding Donor-Acceptor Carbon Nanostructures;Fullerenes for Material Science;Plastic Solar Cells Using Fullerene Derivatives in the Photoactive Layer;Fullerene Modified Electrodes and Solar Cells;Biological Applications of Fullerenes;Covalent and Non-covalent Approaches towards Multifunctional Carbon Nanotube Materials;Subject Index