Aqueous dispersions of fullerene C60 were prepared from fulleride solutions in tetrahydrofuran, followed by air oxidation, transfer to water and solvent evaporation. Fulleride exposition produces charged THF that can be transferred produce aqueous dispersions, stable for months.

Macrocyclic tris-malonates incorporating cleavable di-tert-butylsilylene protecting groups have been prepared by a stepwise approach and used for the regioselective tris-functionalization of C60. Fullerene tris-adducts with an e,e,e addition pattern thus obtained. The bridging cleaved to liberate terminal alcohol functions fullerene tris-adduct. This key building block has further functionalize...

Excitation–emission matrix (EEM) fluorescence spectroscopy of unmodified (pristine) fullerenes C60 and C70 in benzene, toluene, n-hexane at room temperature was used for their quantification by solvent-dependent EEM bands specific to each fullerene. The intensity parameters depend on both the fullerene solvent provide conditions mixtures without separation. detection limits benzene under select...

We present a force constants model for the vibrational modes in C60 dimer and polymer phases. The results of this model are used to calculate the nonresonant Raman spectra of infinitely long isolated C60 dimer and polymer peapod in the framework of bondpolarization theory by using the spectral moment’s method. The changes of the Raman spectrum in terms of the structure of the C60 molecules insi...

The most abundant fullerene molecule, C60, has just the right combination of size, chemical stability, and activity to serve as the building block for a large variety of solids with fascinating properties. After a short overview of the related carbon compounds, first the structures of the C60 molecule and the pure crystalline C60 are summarized. Experimental and theoretical works on the vibrati...

Hydrogen desorption and adsorption properties of the fullerene materials C60 , C70, and fullerite ~a mixture of C60 and C70) were measured volumetrically using a Sievert’s apparatus. Over several cycles of isotherm measurements at 77 K, the hydrogen storage capacities of one of the fullerite samples increased from an initial value of 0.4 wt % for the first cycle to a capacity of 4.4 wt % for th...

We report on the formation and ionization of cesium and C60Cs clusters in superfluid helium nanodroplets. Size distributions of positively and negatively charged (C60) m Cs n± ions have been measured for m ≤ 7, n ≤ 12. Reproducible intensity anomalies are observed in high-resolution mass spectra. For both charge states, (C60) m Cs3± and (C60) m Cs5± are particularly abundant, with little depend...

C59-X (X= C, N, P, As and Sb) was studied by Density Functional Theory DFT at the B3LYP/3-21G** level. Group V elements have been selected to be substituted in the fullerene-C60 cage in order to show the effect of such substations upon structural and electronic properties of the studied molecules. It is found that elements of Group V doped C60 have an electronic structure similar to those of n-...

The electronic structures of nanopeapods that consist of a semiconducting nanotube and various fullerenes, such as C60, C82, La@C60, and La@C82 are investigated using a first-principles method. For all the systems studied, molecular states originating from fullerenes are found within the energy gap of the semiconducting nanotube, often resulting in effective hole doping of nanotubes as the Ferm...

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a human pathogen associated with acute gastritis and peptic ulcer. The MurA enzyme is an important drug target for the identification of ligands with improved efficacy and acceptable pharmaco-kinetic properties. We developed a homology model of H. Pylori MurA followed by refinement and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. A total of 16 C60-derivatives were doc...