Ebook: Nuclear and Radiation Chemical Approaches to Fullerene Science

Sir Harold W. Kroto, FRS Although the discovery of C is now almost 15 years old and the extraction occurred 60 nearly ten years ago it is amazing that the range of spin-off research still seems to expand without limits. The birth of the Fullerenes has spawned fascinating research programmes in almost every area of chemistry and physics and this monograph explores a particularly interesting and important area - the behaviour of these pure carbon cages in the presence of high-energy radiation. The C molecules must also be in the space 60 between the stars (albeit in quantities too small to detect at this time) as the conditions in the atmospheres of some carbon stars appear to be almost identical to the plasmas generated in the Kratschmer-Huffman system for making C . The conditions in space 60 are very varied as it is pervaded by a plethora of high-energy particles (photons, cosmic rays, etc. ) and the chapters in this book discuss, among other things, the response of C 60 and various derivatives to probing by a range of high-energy particles. Various fullerenes and fullerene salts have been examined by positron annihilation techniques, revealing details of their electronic and structural properties as well as phase transition behaviour. Muons have been implanted to enable f. lSR techniques to probe with high sensitivity the endohedral electronic structures of fullerenes including those in superconducting systems.

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The serendipitous discovery of the fullerenes by Kroto, Curl and Smalley in 1985, and the isolation and characterization of C₆₀ by Kr?tschmer and Huffman in 1990 has caused an epidemic of research in this field. As a result, basic research on fullerenes has generated new knowledge as published in thousands of journal papers. The nuclear and radiation approaches, however, have been somewhat neglected in books dedicated to fullerene sciences, although these approaches have generated very interesting knowledge on the structure and composition of these new all-carbon molecules. This monograph intends to bridge this gap by dealing with the various aspects of nuclear sciences as applied to the generation of new knowledge in fullerene sciences.
Ten chapters appear in this volume and were chosen to present a panoramic view and to provide theoretical perspectives, research methods, and experimental results on the topic. This book will serve both as an introduction to the subfield and as an aid to setting an agenda for scientists interested in this area of research.
This is the first volume in a new series devoted to the developments in fullerene science.

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The serendipitous discovery of the fullerenes by Kroto, Curl and Smalley in 1985, and the isolation and characterization of C₆₀ by Kr?tschmer and Huffman in 1990 has caused an epidemic of research in this field. As a result, basic research on fullerenes has generated new knowledge as published in thousands of journal papers. The nuclear and radiation approaches, however, have been somewhat neglected in books dedicated to fullerene sciences, although these approaches have generated very interesting knowledge on the structure and composition of these new all-carbon molecules. This monograph intends to bridge this gap by dealing with the various aspects of nuclear sciences as applied to the generation of new knowledge in fullerene sciences.
Ten chapters appear in this volume and were chosen to present a panoramic view and to provide theoretical perspectives, research methods, and experimental results on the topic. This book will serve both as an introduction to the subfield and as an aid to setting an agenda for scientists interested in this area of research.
This is the first volume in a new series devoted to the developments in fullerene science.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Positron Annihilation in Fullerenes....Pages 3-15
Muon (?SR) Spectroscopy of the Fullerenes....Pages 16-30
M?ssbauer Spectroscopy of Fullerene Compounds....Pages 31-58
Radiotracers and Nuclear Decay Phenomena in the Study of Metallofullerenes....Pages 59-84
Front Matter....Pages 85-85
Radiation Chemical Studies of Fullerenes and Derivatives in Solution....Pages 87-106
Front Matter....Pages 107-107
Endohedral Rare-Gas Radiofullerenes by Nuclear Recoil....Pages 109-136
The Study of Endohedral Fullerenes and Heterofullerenes by Nuclear Recoil and MD Simulation....Pages 137-157
Fullerenes Radiolabelled on the Carbon Cage....Pages 158-173
Fullerene Radiopharmaceuticals....Pages 174-177
Front Matter....Pages 179-179
Elemental Impurities in and the Effect of Neutron Irradiation on Fullerenes....Pages 181-199
Back Matter....Pages 201-203

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The serendipitous discovery of the fullerenes by Kroto, Curl and Smalley in 1985, and the isolation and characterization of C₆₀ by Kr?tschmer and Huffman in 1990 has caused an epidemic of research in this field. As a result, basic research on fullerenes has generated new knowledge as published in thousands of journal papers. The nuclear and radiation approaches, however, have been somewhat neglected in books dedicated to fullerene sciences, although these approaches have generated very interesting knowledge on the structure and composition of these new all-carbon molecules. This monograph intends to bridge this gap by dealing with the various aspects of nuclear sciences as applied to the generation of new knowledge in fullerene sciences.
Ten chapters appear in this volume and were chosen to present a panoramic view and to provide theoretical perspectives, research methods, and experimental results on the topic. This book will serve both as an introduction to the subfield and as an aid to setting an agenda for scientists interested in this area of research.
This is the first volume in a new series devoted to the developments in fullerene science.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Positron Annihilation in Fullerenes....Pages 3-15
Muon (?SR) Spectroscopy of the Fullerenes....Pages 16-30
M?ssbauer Spectroscopy of Fullerene Compounds....Pages 31-58
Radiotracers and Nuclear Decay Phenomena in the Study of Metallofullerenes....Pages 59-84
Front Matter....Pages 85-85
Radiation Chemical Studies of Fullerenes and Derivatives in Solution....Pages 87-106
Front Matter....Pages 107-107
Endohedral Rare-Gas Radiofullerenes by Nuclear Recoil....Pages 109-136
The Study of Endohedral Fullerenes and Heterofullerenes by Nuclear Recoil and MD Simulation....Pages 137-157
Fullerenes Radiolabelled on the Carbon Cage....Pages 158-173
Fullerene Radiopharmaceuticals....Pages 174-177
Front Matter....Pages 179-179
Elemental Impurities in and the Effect of Neutron Irradiation on Fullerenes....Pages 181-199
Back Matter....Pages 201-203
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