The chemical probe C60 efficiently triggers Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) reactivation from latency through an unknown mechanism. Here, we identify the Cullin exchange factor CAND1 as a biochemical target of C60. We also identified CAND1 in an shRNA library screen for EBV lytic reactivation. Gene expression profiling revealed that C60 activates the p53 pathway and protein analysis revealed a strong ...

Introduction The large variety of compounds referred to as fullerides are intensively investigated due to their exciting electronic and transport properties, such as high-Tc superconductivity, molecular magnetism, and ionic conductivity[1-4]. These C60 charge-transfer salts invariably contain C60 in its anionic form. In fact, the observation of six reversible reduction states[5] confirms that C...

Helium droplets were co-doped with C60 and ammonia, water or carbon dioxide and the resulting cluster size distributions of the produced cationic complexes are presented. Mass spectra obtained by electron ionization were recorded with high mass resolution of m/m ~ 6000 (FWHM). Series of C60(H2O)n, C60(NH3)n and C60(CO2)n complexes for n up to 20 molecules attached to the C60 were observed amon...

In this study, nano-sized fullerene C60 powder was sufficiently mixed with Cu₂SnSe₃ powder by ball milling method, and the C60/Cu₂SnSe₃ composites were prepared by spark plasma sintering technology. The fullerene C60 distributed uniformly in the form of clusters, and the average cluster size was less than 1 μm. With increasing C60 content, the electrical conductivity of C60/Cu₂SnSe₃ composites ...

The frictional behaviors of fullerenes C60 and C70 were studied because they were speculated to be solid lubricants. For the sublimated pure C60 films on Si(001), a high friction coefficient (0.55–0.8) was observed under different loads and pin materials. For the C70 film, the friction coefficient showed a pin dependence, which changed from 0.5 with an Al2O3 pin to about 0.9 with a 440 stainles...

To model the active layer in the hetero-junction solar cells, the C60, C70, PC60BM, PCBDAN fullerenes as acceptor, and (OS)n=1) oligoselenophenes as donor were considered. The (OS)n=14/C60, (OS)n=14/C70, (OS)n=14/PC60BM, and (OS)n=14/PCBDAN blends as a model of the active layer in the BHJ solar cell were chosen, and the optoelectronic properties were studied. The calculated efficiency of these ...

The interactions between C60 and transition metal elements have attracted much attention for their possible formation of new functional materials, and it has been shown that the interesting structures are evolved in the atomistically mixed thin films of C60 and transition metals with the poor or the negligible solubility with carbons. However, the detailed studies of the microstructures have be...

We have investigated the adsorption of some amino acids and an oligopeptide by fullerene (C60) and fullerene nanowhiskers (FNWs). C60 and FNWs hardly adsorbed amino acids. Most of the amino acids used have a hydrophobic side chain. Ala and Val, with an alkyl chain, were not adsorbed by the C60 or FNWs. Trp, Phe and Pro, with a cyclic structure, were not adsorbed by them either. The aromatic gro...

Inter-Coulombic decay (ICD) resonances in the photoionization of Cl@C60 endofullerene molecule are calculated using a perturbative density functional theory (DFT) method. This is first ICD study an open shell atom fullerene cage. Three classes probed: (i) Cl inner vacancies decaying through C60 outer continua, (ii) and (iii) either system continua Cl-C60 hybrid levels, Auger-ICD resonances. Com...

We theoretically studied the electronic and electrical properties of metallic and semiconducting peapods with encapsulated C60 (C60@CNT) as a function of the carbon nanotube (CNT) diameter. For exothermic peapods (CNT diameter > 11.8 Å), only minor changes, ascribed to a small structural deformation of the nanotube walls, were observed. These include a small electron charge transfer (less than ...