Japan Society for the Promotion of Science:Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
Date (from‐to) : 2010/04 -2015/03
Author : HIRAO Toshikazu; AMAYA Toru; MORIUCHI Toshiyuki; SEKI Shuhei; OKUMURA Mitsutaka; HERBER Rolfe H.; PUGMIRE Ronald J.; FASEL Roman
Bowl-shaped π-conjugated molecule with a partial structure of fullerene (π bowls) could provide the third key materials in addition to fullerenes and carbon nanotubes in non-planar carbon materials. In this study, we focused on a π bowl sumanene, and conducted to reveal the potential for organic synthesis and materials as a carbon nanoscience and nanotechnology from Japan. More specifically, we studied the following subjects: 1. development of molecular transformation of sumanene, 2. synthesis of organometallic complexes using sumanene as a ligand, 3. development of synthetic method for the carbon materials utilizing the strain energy of sumanene, 4. dynamic behavior and molecular recognition on a surface of metal substrate.