Chemistry of Nanocarbons

During the last decade, fullerenes and carbon nanotubes have
attracted special interest as new nanocarbons with novel
properties. Because of their hollow caged structure, they can be
used as containers for atoms and molecules, and nanotubes can be
used as miniature test-tubes.

Chemistry of Nanocarbons presents the most up-to-date
research on chemical aspects of nanometer-sized forms of carbon,
with emphasis on fullerenes, nanotubes and nanohorns. All modern
chemical aspects are mentioned, including noncovalent interactions,
supramolecular assembly, dendrimers, nanocomposites, chirality,
nanodevices, host-guest interactions, endohedral fullerenes,
magnetic resonance imaging, nanodiamond particles and graphene. The
book covers experimental and theoretical aspects of nanocarbons, as
well as their uses and potential applications, ranging from
molecular electronics to biology and medicine.

Auteur
Fred Wudl is a Professor of Chemistry and Materials and Co-Director of the Center for Polymers and Organic Solids at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is most widely known for his work on organic conductors and superconductors. Currently he is interested in the optical and electrooptical properties of processable conjugated polymers as well as in the organic chemistry of fullerenes. Shigeru Nagase is Professor at the Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki, Japan. He has made a wide range of original contributions in theoretical and computational chemistry. He has performed many important studies of fullerene, endofullerenes, carbon nanotubes and carbon peapods as well as silicon and germanium clusters.

Takeshi Akasaka is Professor at the Center for Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance TARA Center) and Department of Chemistry, University of Tsukuba, Japan. His research interests cover the development and chemical functionalization of fullerenes, metallofullerenes, endofullerenes and carbon nanotubes.

Texte du rabat
During the last decade, fullerenes and carbon nanotubes have attracted special interest as new nanocarbons with novel properties. Because of their hollow caged structure, they can be used as containers for atoms and molecules, and nanotubes can be used as miniature test-tubes. Chemistry of Nanocarbons presents the most up-to-date research on chemical aspects of nanometer-sized forms of carbon, with emphasis on fullerenes, nanotubes and nanohorns. All modern chemical aspects are mentioned, including noncovalent interactions, supramolecular assembly, dendrimers, nanocomposites, chirality, nanodevices, host-guest interactions, endohedral fullerenes, magnetic resonance imaging, nanodiamond particles and graphene. The book covers experimental and theoretical aspects of nanocarbons, as well as their uses and potential applications, ranging from molecular electronics to biology and medicine.

Contenu
Preface. Acknowledgements.

Contributors.

Abbreviations.

1 Noncovalent Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes (Claudia Backes and Andreas Hirsch).

1.1 Introduction.

1.2 Overview of Functionalization Methods.

1.3 The Noncovalent Approach.

1.4 Conclusion.

2 Supramolecular Assembly of Fullerenes and Carbon Nanotubes Hybrids (Ma Angeles Herranz, Beatriz M. Illescas, Emilio M. Perez and Nazario Mart**n).

2.1 Introduction,

2.2 Hydrogen Bonded C60-Donor Ensembles.

2.3 Concave exTTF Derivatives as Recognizing Motifs for Fullerene.

2.4 Noncovalent Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes.

2.5 Summary and Outlook.

3 Properties of Fullerene-Containing Dendrimers (Juan-Jose Cid Martin and Jean-Fran**cois Nierengarten).

3.1 Introduction.

3.2 Dendrimers with a Fullerene Core.

3.3 Fullerene-Rich Dendrimers.

3.4 Conclusions.

4 Novel Electron Donor Acceptor Nanocomposites (Hiroshi Imahori, Dirk M. Guldi and Shunichi Fukuzumi).

4.1 Introduction.

4.2 Electron Donor-Fullerene Composites.

4.3 Carbon Nanotubes.

4.4 Other Nanocarbon Composites.

5 Higher Fullerenes: Chirality and Covalent Adducts (Agnieszka Kraszewska, Fran**c¸ois Diederich and Carlo Thilgen).

5.1 Introduction.

5.2 The Chemistry of C70.

5.3 The Higher Fullerenes Beyond C70.

5.4 Concluding Remarks.

6 Application of Fullerenes to Nanodevices (Yutaka Matsuo and Eiichi Nakamura).

6.1 Introduction.

6.2 Synthesis of Transition Metal Fullerene Complexes.

6.3 Organometallic Chemistry of Metal Fullerene Complexes.

6.4 Synthesis of Multimetal Fullerene Complexes.

6.5 Supramolecular Structures of Penta(organo)[60]fullerene Derivatives.

6.6 Reduction of Penta(organo)[60]fullerenes to Generate Polyanions.

6.7 Photoinduced Charge Separation.

6.8 Photocurrent-Generating Organic and Organometallic Fullerene Derivatives.

6.9 Conclusion.

7 Supramolecular Chemistry of Fullerenes: Host Molecules for Fullerenes on the Basis of p-p Interaction (Takeshi Kawase).

7.1 Introduction.

7.2 Fullerenes as an Electron Acceptor.

7.3 Host Molecules Composed of Aromatic p-systems.

7.4 Complexes with Host Molecules Based on Porphyrin p Systems.

7.5 Complexes with Host Molecules Bearing a Cavity Consisting of Curved p System.

7.6 The Nature of the Supramolecular Property of Fullerenes.

8 Molecular Surgery toward Organic Synthesis of Endohedral Fullerenes (Michihisa Murata, Yasujiro Murata and Koichi Komatsu)

8.1 Introduction.

8.2 Molecular-Surgery Synthesis of Endohedral C60 Encapsulating Molecular Hydrogen.

8.3 Chemical Functionalization of H2@C60.

8.4 Utilization of the Encapsulated H2 as an NMR Probe.

8.5 Physical Properties of an Encapsulated H2 in C60.

8.6 Molecular-Surgery Synthesis of Endohedral C70 Encapsulating Molecular Hydrogen.

8.7 Outlook.

9 New Endohedral Metallofullerenes: Trimetallic Nitride Endohedral Fullerenes (Marilyn M. Olmstead, Alan L. Balch, Julio R. Pinzon, Luis Echegoyen, Harry W. Gibson and Harry C. Dorn).

9.1 Discovery, Preparation, and Purification.

9.2 Structural Studies.

9.3 Summary and Conclusions.

10 Recent Progress in Chemistry of Endohedral Metallofullerenes (Takahiro Tsuchiya, Takeshi Akasaka and Shigeru Nagase).

10.1 Introduction.

10.2 Chemical Derivatization of Mono-Metallofullerenes. 10.3 Chemical Derivat...