Fullerenes: Reactivity, Supramolecular Interactions, and Devices

克莱姆森大学的Luis Echegoyen教授得到了分析和表面化学计划的支持，研究富勒烯化合物的电化学。在这一主题中，提出了四个领域：电化学反应的反应性，包括光伏应用，新晶体材料的制备和金属离子内面体络合物。要研究的反应机理是从甲烷富勒烯中脱除某些环丙烷加合物。自十多年前发现这种新的碳形式以来，包括电化学研究在内的富勒烯化学领域得到了发展。具有储能和传感器潜力的新材料正开始从这一研究努力中涌现出来。

Professor Luis Echegoyen of Clemson University is supported by the Analytical and Surface Chemistry Program to study the electrochemistry of fullerene compounds. Within this theme, there are four areas proposed: reactivity of electrochemically induced reactions, including photovoltaic applications, preparation of new crystalline materials and metal ion endohedral complexes. The reaction mechanism to be studied is the removal of certain cyclopropane adducts from methanofullerenes. The field of fullerene chemistry including electrochemical study has grown since the discovery of this new carbon form just over a decade ago. New materials with potential for energy storage and sensors are beginning to emerge from this research endeavor.