Polyynes: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications Book

Preface Editor Contributors Carbon Chain Molecules in Cryogenic Matrices; T. Wakabayashi and W. Krätschmer Synthesis and Characterization of Carbynoid Structures in Cluster-Assembled Carbon Films; L. Ravagnan, F. Siviero, E. Salis, P. Piseri, P. Milani, C. Lenardi, A. Li Bassi, C.S. Casari and C.E. Bottani Epitaxial Growth by D.C. Magnetron Sputtering of Carbyne (Chaoite) Microcrystals on CVD-Deposited Polycrystalline Diamond; R.B. Heimann, I. Burlacov, J.I. Kleiman, and S. Horodetsky Electrochemical Synthesis of Carbyne-Like Materials and Other Nanocarbons; L. Kavan Synthesis of Carbynoid Structures by the Combustion Flame Method; J.-B. Donnet, H. Oulanti, R. Wey, T. Le Huu, W.C. Cun, and L. Vidal Cyclic Polyynes: Generation, Characterization, and Reactions; Y. Tobe and T. Wakabayashi Formation of C2nH2 Polyynes by Laser Ablation of Graphite, Coal or C60 Particles Suspended in Selected Solvents; M. Tsuji, S. Kuboyama, T. Tsuji, and T. Hamagami Polyynes: Synthesis with the Submerged Electric Arc; F. Cataldo Polyynes (C2nH2, n= 2-5) and Other Products from Laser-Ablated Graphite: A Time-of-Flight Mass Spectroscopic Study in Combination with One-Photon Ionization; T. Wakabayashi, Y. Kato, T. Momose, and T. Shida Polyyne-Type Materials; M. Kijima Carbon Material with a Highly Ordered Linear-Chain Structure; V.G. Babaev, M.B. Guseva, N.D. Novikov, V.V. Khvostov, and P. Flood Synthesis of Carbynoid Materials by Chemical Dehydrohalogenation of Halogen-Containing Polymers; S.E. Evsyukov Ion Irradiation of Solid Carbons; G. Strazzulla, G.A. Baratta, S. Battiato, and G. Compagnini Cyanoalkynes and Cyanopolyynes: From Crossed Beam Experiments to Astrochemistry; N. Balucani and R.I. Kaiser Synthesis of Monocyanopolyynes and Dicyanopolyynes with the Submerged Electric Arc; F. Cataldo Natural Carbynes, Including Chaoite, on Earth, in Meteorites, Comets, Circumstellar and Interstellar Dust; Frans J.M. Rietmeijer and A. Rotundi Structures and Other Properties of Polyynes and their Isomers: Theoretical and Experimental Results; D. Heymann and F. Cataldo Polyynes: Possible Bulk Synthesis and Chemical Properties; F. Cataldo From Natural to Rationally Designed Artificial Enediynes: Towards New Anticancer Antibiotics Activable at Will; G. Guanti, L. Banfi, A. Basso, and R. Riva Polyynes: Simple Synthesis in Solution Through the Glaser Reaction; F. Cataldo and Y. Keheyan Abbreviations Index