En route to chemically and topologically regular (nano)diamond
Final Report Abstract
As envisaged, the combination of our custom synthetic ability and physico-chemical characterization with strong collaboration partners provided a powerful approach to characterize functionalized diamond-like molecules and novel materials. Computational chemistry methods were used to compute the electronic and structural properties and to compare them to the synthetic and physico-chemical results. The collaboration with the KPI team was very successful even though most of the work was carried out in Giessen owing to the poor facilities in Kiev and the highly unstable political situation. Several co-workers from the Fokin group spent extensive time in Giessen and the collaboration was very smooth. We have had high ambitions and they were even exceeded with the extraordinary number and quality of results we received, as evident from our publications in excellent journals. This truly moves diamondoid chemistry huge steps forward and nicely combines fundamental science with potential applications of these novel materials in organic electronics. The additional overlap with the Stanford and Nagoya groups was mutually exciting as the scientists there are not chemists and were extremely pleased to receive our functionalized diamondoid materials. These are unique and not accessible on the market.
Publications
- Efficient preparation of apically substituted diamondoid derivatives. Synthesis 2014, 787–798
Paul Kahl, Boryslav A. Tkachenko, Anatoliy A. Novikovsky, Jonathan Becker, Jeremy E. P. Dahl, Robert M. K. Carlson, Andrey A. Fokin, and Peter R. Schreiner
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0033-1338583) - Template Synthesis of Linear Chain Nanodiamond Inside Carbon Nanotubes from Bridgehead- Halogenated Diamantane. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 10802–10806
Yusuke Nakanishi, Haruka Omachi, Natalie A. Fokina, Ryo Kitaura, Peter R. Schreiner, Jeremy E. P. Dahl, Robert M. K. Carlson, and Hisanori Shinohara
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201504904) - Toward an Understanding of Diamond sp2-Defects with Unsaturated Diamondoid Oligomer Models. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 6577–6586
Tatyana S. Zhuk, Tatyana Koso, Alexander E. Pashenko, Ngo Trung Hoc, Vladimir N. Rodionov, Michael Serafin, Peter R. Schreiner, and Andrey A Fokin
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5b01555) - Hybrid group IV nanophotonic structures incorporating diamond silicon-vacancy color centers. Nano Lett. 2016, 15, 212–217
Jingyuan Linda Zhang, Hitoshi Ishiwata, Thomas M. Babinec, Marina Radulaski, Kai Müller, Konstantinos G. Lagoudakis, Jeremy E. P. Dahl, Robert Edgington, Veronique Souliére, Gabriel Ferro, Andrey A. Fokin, Peter R. Schreiner, Zhi-Xun Shen, Nick Melosh, and Jelena Vuckovic
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b03515) - Monochromatic photocathodes from graphene-stabilized diamondoids. Nano Lett. 2018, 18, 1099–1103
Hao Yan, Karthik T. Narashimha, Jonathan Denlinger, Fei Hua Li, Sung-Kwan Mo, J. Nathan Hohman, Jeremy E. P. Dahl, Robert M. K. Carlson, Boryslav A. Tkachenko, Andrey A. Fokin, Peter R. Schreiner, Zahid Hussain, Zhi-Xun Shen, and Nicholas A. Melosh
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b04645) - One-dimensional hydrogen bonding network of bis-hydroxylated diamantane formed inside doublewall carbon nanotubes. Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 3823–3826
Y. Nakanishi, H. Omachi, N. A. Fokina, P. R. Schreiner, J. Becker, J. E. P. Dahl, R. M. K. Carlson, and H. Shinohara
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1039/c7cc09832d)
