Atoms and Molecules Within Fullerenes

在有机动力学项目教授桑德斯和 来自耶鲁大学的克罗斯将研究插入的机制， 释放过程中，产生的内生诺贝尔气体化合物， 巴克敏斯特富勒烯。平衡常数和热力学参数 将在理论上和实验上确定的结合， 富勒烯内部的原子和小分子。的 从富勒烯内包结合中的氦的光化学释放 将被探索。 这项研究将研究一种新形式的碳的独特行为 这种碳原子结合在一起， 形成一个像足球一样的封闭表面。氦原子结合在 在非常高的压力条件下， 氦气将探讨这种独特形式的材料的行为。 这些化合物可能在医学领域中找到新的应用， 药物和材料。

With funding from the Organic Dynamics Program Professors Saunders and Cross from Yale University will study the mechanism of the insertion and release process that creates endohedral nobel gas compounds of Buckminsterfullerene. Equilibrium constants and thermodynamic parameters will be theoretically and experimentally determined for the binding of atoms and small molecules in the interior of fullerenes. The photochemical release of helium from endohedral binding in fullerenes will be explored. This research will study the unique behavior of a new form of carbon called Buckminsterfullerene in which carbon atoms are bonded together to form a closed surface like a soccer ball. Helium atoms are incorporated inside the closed surface under conditions of very high pressures of helium. The behavior of this unique form of material will be explored. These compounds may find new applications in the fields of medicine, pharmaceuticals, and materials.