Solvated fullerenes, a new class of carbon materials suitable for high-pressure studies: A review

•Solvated fullerenes are an important class of carbon materials.•The properties and synthesis of solvated fullerenes have attracted great attentions.•Their behaviors under high-pressures are very different to that of pure fullerenes.•This article reviews all progresses in high-pressure studies of solvated fullerenes.

As the list of known carbon compounds grows longer, solvated fullerenes have become a more important class of carbon materials. Their general properties and methods of synthesis have both attracted considerable attention. The study of the behavior of these compounds under high-pressure conditions has revealed several new phenomena that have never been observed in pure fullerene. This article is a review of all recent progress in this field.