Endofullerenes and Carbon Nanocapsules I

Wednesday, May 14, 2014: 08:00-12:00
Bonnet Creek Ballroom XI, Lobby Level (Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek)
Chairs:
Alan L. Balch and Luis Echegoyen
08:00
Aromaticity As Driving Force for Bingel-Hirsch Derivatization of Endohedral Metallofullerenes
S. Osuna, M. Garcia-Borràs (Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi, Departament de Química, Universitat de Girona), M. Swart (Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi, Departament de Química, Universitat de Girona, Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA)), J. M. Luis (Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi, Departament de Química, Universitat de Girona), L. Echegoyen (University of Texas - El Paso), and M. Solà (Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi, Departament de Química, Universitat de Girona)
08:20
On the Structures and Growing Mechanisms of the Ti@C2n (2n = 26 - 50) Endohedral Fullerenes
J. M. Poblet, M. Mulet, L. Abella, A. Rodríguez-Fortea (University Rovira i Virgili), P. Dunk, and H. Kroto (Florida State University)
09:00
Endohedral Fullerene Derivatives: Tether-Directed Functionalizations and Regioisomer Preferences
L. Echegoyen (University of Texas - El Paso), M. Izquierdo, and M. Ceron (Univ. of Texas at El Paso)
09:20
Novel Terbium-Based Endohedral Clusterfullerenes: Synthesis, Isolation and Characterization
S. Yang (University of Science and Technology of China (USTC))
09:40
Break
10:00
Carbon Nanotube NIR Fluorescent Probes
T. Okazaki (Nanotube Research Cneter, AIST)
10:20
The Macroscopic Preparation of Endohedral Metallofullerene
B. Y. Sun and R. L. Cui (Institute of High Energy Physics , Chinese Academy of Sciences)
11:00
Unique Molecular Properties of a Paramagnetic Endohedral Metallofullerene La@C82: Its Chemical Reactivities, and Electronic and Magnetic Properties
Y. Takano (Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University), J. Veciana (Institut de Ciencia de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) and CIBER-BBN), D. M. Guldi (Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat, Erlangen-Nurnberg), N. Martin (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), and T. Akasaka (Foundation for Advancement of International Science, Tokyo Gakugei University)
11:20
Retrieving Precursors Toward Endohedral Metallofullerenes
C. Yuan, L. L. Deng, J. Xiao, L. F. He, Z. P. Zhan, and S. Y. Xie (State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China)
11:40
Manipulating Reactivity Differences for Isolating New Endohedral Metallofullerenes
S. Stevenson (Indiana-Purdue University at Fort Wayne)