Twelve chiral and achiral self-assembling dendrons have been grafted onto a [60]fullerene hexa-adduct core by copper-catalyzed alkyne azide “click” cycloaddition. The structure adopted by these compounds was determined by the self-assembling peripheral dendrons. These twelve dendrons mediate the selforganisation of the dendronized [60]fullerene into a disc-shaped structure containing the [60]fu...

Metallocene-bridged [60]fullerene triads and cyclised metallocene-[60]fullerene diads are formed via [3 + 2] cycloaddition reactions of [60]fullerene with metallocene dialdehyde and an amino acid. In the case of cyclic diads only one regioisomer is formed, as determined by UV-vis and NMR spectroscopic studies. These compounds have both electron donor (metallocene) and acceptor ([60]fullerene) c...

The ability to correlate fullerene solubility with experimentally or computationally accessible parameters can significantly facilitate nanotechnology nowadays for a wide range of applications, while providing crucial insight into optimum design of future fullerene species. To date, there has been no single relationship that satisfactorily describes the existing data clearly manifesting the eff...

Recent toxicology studies suggest that nanosized aggregates of fullerene molecules can enter cells and alter their functions, and also cross the blood-brain barrier. However, the mechanisms by which fullerenes penetrate and disrupt cell membranes are still poorly understood. Here we use computer simulations to explore the translocation of fullerene clusters through a model lipid membrane and th...

Fullerenes are among the strongest antioxidants and are characterized as "radical sponges." The research on biomedicinal applications of fullerenes has achieved significant progress since the landmark publication by Friedman et al in 1993. Fullerene-biomolecule conjugates have become an important area of research during the past 2 decades. By a thorough literature search, we attempt to update t...

A novel fullerene-porphyrin-fullerene triad linked by the axial coordination of tin(IV) porphyrin is reported, exhibiting strong pi-pi interactions between the tin porphyrin and fullerene moieties owing to their close proximity.