Design and Characterization of Hard and Soft Filled Cluster Cages

纳米科学是一个爆炸性发展的现代研究领域，涉及纳米尺度的物体和现象，这些物体和现象具有源于其量子性质的不寻常特征。利用纳米世界的潜在机会将会并且已经为现代技术和社会的进步开辟了新的和非常广阔的途径。其中包括创造具有独特和量身定制的物理和化学特性的新材料，分子电子学（使用分子作为电线和设备）等等。拟议的研究旨在为这一重要活动作出贡献。

Nano-science is an explosively developing modern area of research dealing with nanometer-scale objects and phenomena which possess unusual characteristics originating from their quantum nature. Harnessing the hidden opportunities of the nano-world will and already does open new and very broad avenues of progress for modern technology and society. These include the creation of new materials with unique and tailored physical and chemical properties, molecular electronics (using molecules as wires and devices), and many others. The proposed research is aimed to make a contribution to this important activity.