Grant for Exploratory Research: Atoms and Molecules Within Fullerenes

这项来自有机动力学项目的资助支持耶鲁大学的Martin Saunders教授和R. James Cross教授与罗切斯特大学的Robert J. Poreda教授合作，研究惰性气体、小有机分子（甲烷、碳氧化物）和金属（锂）在富勒烯中的封装。用同位素标记的3He富集C60将用于示踪剂研究和合成改性富勒烯的应用。他们还将检查天然存在的富勒烯的包裹原子和分子。在这个项目中，桑德斯教授和克罗斯教授将与波雷达教授合作，寻求在富勒烯C60框架中结合原子和分子。他们将改进富勒烯掺杂的方法，用更多的同位素标记的氦用于合成目的、环境示踪研究和生物医学应用。

This grant from the Organic Dynamics Program supports the work of Professors Martin Saunders and R. James Cross at Yale University in collaboration with Professor Robert J. Poreda at the University of Rochester to study the encapsulation of noble gases, small organic molecules (methane, carbon oxides), and metals (lithium) within fullerene. Enrichment of C60 with isotopically labeled 3He will be explored for tracer studies and applications for synthetically modified fullerenes. They will also examine naturally occurring fullerenes for encapsulated atoms and molecules. %%% In this project Professors Saunders and Cross in collaboration with Professor Poreda will seek to incorporate atoms and molecules in the fullerene C60 frame. They will improve their method for fullerene doping with larger quantities of isotopically labeled helium for synthetic purposes, for environmental tracer studies, and biomedical applications.