报告题目：New Vistas in Fullerene World
报告人：Professor Takeshi AKASAKA
TARA Center, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
报告时间：2014年6月16日（星期一）下午14:30-15:30
报告地点：苏州大学独墅湖校区907楼1445室
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Abstract: Fullerene, an allotropic form of carbon made up of spherical molecules formed from pentagonal and hexagonal rings, was first discovered in 1985. Because fullerenes have spacious inner cavities, atoms and clusters can be encapsulated inside the fullerene cages to form endohedral fullerenes. In particular, the unique structural and electronic properties of endohedral metallofullerenes (EMFs), where metal atoms are encapsulated within the fullerene, have attracted wide interest from physicists and chemists as well as materials scientists and biologists. The remarkable characteristics of these molecules originate in the electron transfer from the encapsulated metal atoms to the carbon cage. The positions and movements of the encapsulated metal atoms are important determinants of the chemical and physical properties of EMFs.
This lecture will present a description of recent advances in fundamental aspects of the chemistry of endohedral metallofullerenes for future applications as organic carbon nanomaterials. Synthesis and characterization of endohedral metallofullerenes and their applications are particularly addressed on the basis of our recent findings. Throughout this presentation, guidelines for understanding structural, electronic and chemical properties of endohedral metallofullerenes will be provided.
