Spectroscopy of Endohedrally Doped non-IPR Fullerenes M@C60 on a Substrate

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Wolfgang Eberhardt, since 4/2013
• Subject Area: Optics, Quantum Optics and Physics of Atoms, Molecules and Plasmas
• Term: from 2010 to 2014
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 120401550

Endohedrally doped C60 and fullerene clusters with less than 60 atoms, so-called non-IPR fullerenes (i.e. fullerenes which do not obey the Isolated Pentagon Rule), will be produced in a cluster beam and deposited onto a substrate. Within the research unit X-ray spectroscopy, STM/STS and resonant Raman spectroscopy will be carried out and compared with theory in order to investigate the electronic structure, vibrational frequency, and structure of doped non-IPR fullerenes. The ultimate goal is to tune the electronic and optical properties by doping. Furthermore we want to compare the measurements on doped fullerenes with metal-clustergraphene hybrids in order to study the effect of dimensionality of the carbon host.

• DFG Programme: Research Units
• Subproject of: FOR 1282: Controlling the Electronic Structure of Semiconductor Nanoparticles by Doping and Hybrid Formation
• Ehemaliger Antragsteller: Dr. Matthias Neeb, until 1/2013