2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of a method for the synthesis of endohedral magnetic metallofullerenes using curved surfaces covered with thin films
| Project/Area Number |
26400419
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Atomic/Molecular/Quantum electronics
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| Research Institution | Toyo University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | 鉄内包フラーレン / イオン表面散乱 / フラーレンイオン / フェロセン / 自己組織化単分子膜 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We performed a mass-spectrometric study of particles scattered from the surface of ferrocene-thiol self-assembled monolayer (Fe-thiol-SAM) in the presence of fullerene ions. We aimed to develop a novel technique by which we could synthesize and then separate out endohedral iron-fullerene molecules which we postulate to be used as contrast agents in magnetic resonance imaging. We succeeded in detecting iron-fullerene composite ions via mass-spectrometry. We applied this technique to the particles scattered when beams of energetic fullerene ion entered a gap between two cylindrical glass lenses covered with the Fe-thiol-SAMs. Furthermore, iron atoms were successfully detected on the iron-fullerene composite layer deposited on the surfaces of single crystals of silicon. We concluded that we had indeed achieved the synthesis of metallofullerenes via combining fullerene with iron atoms.
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| Free Research Field |
原子分子物理学，表面物理学
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