A novel CNT-based hybrid luminescent material was obtained via encapsulation of a C60-based Eu(III) complex into single-, double- and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs, DWCNTs and MWCNTs, respectively). Specifically, a luminescent negatively charged Eu(III) complex, electrostatically bonded to an imidazolium-functionalized fullerene cage, was transported inside CNTs by exploiting the affini...

In this research at the first fluoxetine drug and its fullerene derivative were optimized. NBO calculations and NMR for the complexes were carried out at the B3LYP/6-31G*quantum chemistry level. Different parameters such as energy levels, the amount of Chemical Shift in different atoms, the amount of HOMO/LUMO, chemical potential (µ ), chemical hardness (η), Thermodynamic Properties was determi...

A series of six fullerene-linker-fullerene triads have been prepared by the stepwise addition of the fullerene cages to bridging moieties thus allowing the systematic variation of fullerene cage (C60 or C70) and linker (oxalate, acetate or terephthalate) and enabling precise control over the inter-fullerene separation. The fullerene triads exhibit good solubility in common organic solvents, hav...

This study presents a novel method for the oxidative polymerization of aniline (ANI) by employing fullerene C60/cadmium selenide (CdSe) quantum dots, as promoting agent of the polymerization system. The polymerization initiation mechanism is based on the difference between the HOMO-LUMO energy levels of the components which permits the formation of a continuous donor-acceptor exchange. Both the...

The formation of novel structures by the passage of an electric current through graphite is described. These structures apparently consist of hollow three-dimensional graphitic shells bounded by curved and faceted planes, typically made up of two graphene layers. The curved structures were frequently decorated with nano-scale carbon particles, or short nanotubes. In some cases, nanotubes were f...

Fullerene graphs are 3-connected 3-regular planar graphs with only pentagonal and hexagonal faces. We show that the diameter of a fullerene graph G of order n is at least √ 24n−15−3 6 and at most n/5 + 1. Moreover, if G is not a (5, 0)-nanotube its diameter is at most n/6+5/2. As a consequence, we improve the upper bound on the saturation number of fullerene graphs. We also report an improved l...

A Fullerene with pentagons, hexagons, and heptagons is considered. The number of carbons is 458. It contains 8 heptagonal rings, 21 pentagons, and 212 hexagons. Keywords-component; fullerene; heptagon; pentagon adjacency penalty rule; fullerene with many carbons

Aerosol synthesis methods for the production of nanostructured fullerene particles have been developed. The nanostructured, ultrafine fullerene particles were produced by vapor condensation and aerosol droplet drying and crystallization methods in tubular laminar flow reactors. The formation mechanisms were studied by measuring particle-size distributions is the gas phase. High-resolution scann...

Solubilization and encapsulation of fullerenes C60 and C70 by ultralarge hollow micelles formed by rod-coil diblock copolymers and characterization of the resulting self-organized fullerene-block copolymer assemblies are reported. The solubilization capacity of each fullerene in poly(phenylquinoline)-blockpolystyrene (PPQ-PS) micelles in binary solvents, trifluoroacetic acid/dichloromethane, an...

We have investigated the vibrational relaxation of a bare C60 fullerene and C60 fullerenes with covalently attached poly ethylene oxide PEO chains in aqueous solution using classical molecular dynamics simulations. The rate of transfer of vibrational energy from the excited fullerene to the surrounding water was found to be slow for the bare fullerene, with a vibrational relaxation time of appr...