Electronic and Chemical Interactions of Buckminster Fullerene

系统地研究了一类新的分子碳团簇(富勒烯)的电子结构和反应活性。该计划针对以下问题：研究孤立和衍生的富勒烯分子的电子能级分布，研究由于固体形成而引起的占据电子态和空电子态的变化，重点是能带形成，富勒烯与金属和半导体吸附原子和覆盖层的键形成和稳定性的表面和界面研究；催化，以及光子和电子增强氧化。

A systematic study of the electronic structure and reactivity of a new class of molecular carbon clusters (fullerenes) is proposed. The program is aimed at the following issues: investigating the electronic energy level distributions for isolated and derivatized fullerene molecules, studying the changes in occupied and empty electronic states due to solid-state formation, with an emphasis on energy band formation, surface and interfacial studies of bond formation and stability of Fullerenes with metal and semiconductor adatoms and overlayers; catalysis, and photon- and electron- enhanced oxidation.