Endohedral metallofullerenes - filled fullerene derivatives toward multifunctional reaction center mimics

该项目的主要目的是首次探索以跨学科的方式将面体内金属富勒烯用作多功能电子受体/陷阱。这种对新分子结构的基础研究对于未来的技术应用是必不可少的。具有高结构完整性的新型混合材料/器件的设计原则应尽可能简单。因此，几个可用的合适的功能构建块将与面体内的金属富勒烯结合，形成多功能的分子结构。这些研究将为新一代太阳能电池的发展提供动力和信息。为了实施这一计划，有必要涵盖从光谱调查和材料表征到准备工作的各种主题。该项目将受益于我们在有机杂化材料和超分子系统方面的现有专业知识。特别是，我们在生色团和富勒烯衍生物方面的经验将是非常有价值的。这项建议还提供了一种对科学家和学生进行跨学科培训的机制，因为它的成功需要具有不同互补专业知识的小组之间的合作。

The major thrust of the project is to explore for the first time the use of endohedral metallofullerenes as multifunctional electron acceptors / traps in an interdisciplinary fashion. Such fundamental investigations of new molecular architectures are essential for future technological applications. The design principles of novel hybrid materials/devices with high structural integrity should be as simple as possible. Thus, several available suitable functional building blocks will be combined with endohedral metallofullerenes, into multifunctional molecular architectures. These investigations will provide impetus and information for the development of, for instance, a new generation of solar cells.To implement this program, it is necessary to cover topics ranging from spectroscopic investigation and materials characterization to preparative efforts. The project will benefit from our existing expertise with organic hybrid materials and supramolecular systems. In particular, our experience with chromophores and fullerene derivatives, which are the basic constituents of the architectures envisaged, will be of great value.This proposal also provides a mechanism for interdisciplinary training of scientists and students, as its success requires cooperation among groups with different complementary expertise.