Department of Chemistry and Institute for Advanced Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan.
Chem Rec. 2012 Jun;12(3):296-305. doi: 10.1002/tcr.201100037. Epub 2012 Jun 15.
With the advent of the Krätschmer-Huffman historical breakthrough on the macroscopic synthesis of C(60) in the late summer of 1990, I decided to stop all my research so far in the area of spectroscopy of gas-phase molecular microclusters. Since then, my odyssey in and quest for the so-called nanocarbons started. Thanks to the brand-new and enchanting world of fullerenes, metallofullerenes, carbon nanotubes and nano-peapods, I have been able to entertain (and still am entertaining!) "the pleasure of finding things out", as Richard Feynman once put it in an interview by a BBC television program in 1981. I believe that as long as one has big dreams and lays the groundwork for the dreams, one will achieve them. My quest for nanocarbons is still on its way.
随着 1990 年夏末 Krätschmer-Huffman 在宏观合成 C(60)方面的历史性突破，我决定停止我在气相分子微团光谱学领域迄今为止的所有研究。从那时起，我开始了对所谓的纳米碳的探索之旅。多亏了全新而迷人的富勒烯、金属富勒烯、碳纳米管和纳米豆荚世界，我能够享受（并且仍然在享受！）“发现事物的乐趣”，正如理查德·费曼（Richard Feynman）在 1981 年接受英国广播公司（BBC）电视节目采访时所说的那样。我相信，只要有远大的梦想并为梦想打下基础，就一定能够实现梦想。我对纳米碳的探索仍在继续。
