Production and Applications of Higher Fullerenes

9360591江：虽然最近发现的富勒烯碳导致了紧张的研究活动和许多拟议的应用，但到目前为止，大多数工作都集中在C60上，较少的工作集中在CC0上。较高的富勒烯(C76、C78、C84等)它们可能具有显著不同和有用的性质，因为它们很难以纯化形式获得，因此尚未进行评估。在这个项目中，TDA研究公司(TDA)将开发更高富勒烯的改进路线，并研究它们的潜在应用。在第一阶段，我们将优化我们的燃烧合成工艺(在以前的SBIR项目中由NSF支持开发)，以生产更高级别的富勒烯。我们将用高压液相色谱(HPLC)来提纯高富勒烯。为了在未来的应用中最大限度地降低高富勒烯的成本，TDA已经确定了几种不同的分离方法，这些方法不涉及层析。使用来自层析的纯物质，我们将测量与我们提出的分离方法相关的较高富勒烯的基本性质。我们将进行工程和市场分析，以确定高富勒烯未来最理想的应用。由于TDA已经是燃烧衍生富勒烯的制造商，我们将能够立即将生产和分离较高富勒烯的技术商业化。***

9360591 Jiang While the recent discovery of fullerene carbon has led to intense research activity and many proposed applications, most of the work to date has focused on C60, and to a lesser extent, CC0. The higher fullerenes (C76, C78, C84, etc.) which may have significantly different and useful properties, have not been evaluated because they are difficult to obtain in purified form. In this project, TDA Research, Inc. (TDA) will develop improved routes to the higher fullerenes and investigate their potential applications. In Phase I, we will optimize our combustion synthesis process (developed with NSF support in previous SBIR project) for the production of higher fullerenes. We will purify the higher fullerenes by high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC). To minimize the cost of higher fullerenes in future applications, TDA had identified several different separation methods which do not involve chromatography. Using the pure materials from chromatography, we will measure fundamental properties of the higher fullerenes which are relevant to our proposed separation methods. We will carry out an engineering and market analysis to determine the most desirable future applications of the higher fullerenes. Because TDA is already a manufacturer of combustion derived fullerenes we will be able to immediately commercialize the technology for producing and separating the higher fullerenes. ***