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FULLERENE CAGES AS MOLECULAR NANOCONTAINERS TO STABILIZE UNPRECEDENTED URANIUM CLUSTERS AND BONDING MOTIFS

FULLERENE CAGES AS MOLECULAR NANOCONTAINERS TO STABILIZE UNPRECEDENTED URANIUM CLUSTERS AND BONDING MOTIFS
PI: Luis Echegoyen
Co-PI: Skye Fortier
Sponsor: NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Carbon Nanomaterials Research Center
Amount awarded: $599,999

This grant synthesizes, purifies and fully characterizes the structure of totally new endohedral fullerene compounds containing uranium trapped in the inside of the carbon cages with a specific look for mono-uranium, di-uranium and uranium clusters.

Posting date: Mon, 07/16/2018

Award start date: Sat, 09/01/2018
Award end date: Wed, 08/31/2022