Design and synthesis of buckybowls having unique solid-state properties

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26288020
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Organic chemistry
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: SAKURAI HIDEHIRO 大阪大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (00262147)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: バッキーボウル / スマネン / 固体物性

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Our aim of this research is to establish a method to precisely control the unique morphology in the solid state of the bowl-shaped conjugate compound "Buckybowl" corresponding to the partial skeleton of fullerenes or the cap structure of carbon nanotubes, and to establish a rational molecular design for expressing various physical properties such as light emitting property and ferroelectric property, and development of a synthesis method thereof.
The most important result of this research is that it succeeded in developing a method for introducing a substituent to Sumanene internal carbon. As a result, we also succeeded in developing a method of aligning curved surfaces of Sumanene skeleton to metal surfaces. Development of chemical sensors utilizing curved / curved surface interaction of curved π plane is expected.

Free Research Field

有機化学