The polymer with contents of C60 up to 57 wt.% was produced by mutual condensation of fullerene C60 and ethylenediamine. The investigations of this polymer as well as pristine fullerene to comparison were carried out by FT-IR and UV-Vis spectroscopy, ToF-SIMS, TGA, and elemental analysis. At least three kinds of components was revealed as building blocks of polymer. The fullerene cage underwent...

MALDI LIFT-TOF/TOF mass spectra of fullerene C60 and six of its derivatives, methano[60]fullerene carboxylic acid, its ethyl ester, diethyl methano[60]fullerene dicarboxylate, and three isomeric tetraethyl bis-methano[60]fullerene tetracarboxylates (compounds I–VII, respectively) as model analytes were recorded and discussed. This technique used in mass spectrometry for the first time is propos...

Fullerene C60, a unique sphere-shaped molecule consisting of carbon, has been proved to have inhibitory effects on many diseases. However, the applications of C60 in medicine have been severely hindered by its complete insolubility in water and low solubility in almost all organic solvents. In this study, the water-soluble C60 derivatives and the C60 binding protein's structures were collected ...

We have developed a method that enables the efficient insertion of transition-metal atoms and their small clusters into carbon nanotubes. As a model system, Os complexes attached to the exterior of fullerene C60 (exohedral metallofullerenes) were shown to be dragged into the nanotube spontaneously and irreversibly due to strong van der Waals interactions, specific to fullerenes and carbon nanot...

An open-cage fullerene incorporating phosphorous ylid and carbonyl group moieties on the rim of orifice can be filled with gases (H2, He, Ne) in solid state, cage opening then contracted situ by raising temperature to complete an intramolecular Wittig reaction, trapping atom or molecule inside. Known transformations conversion product C60 containing endohedral species. As well as providing impr...

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...

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...

Probably the best example to start with regard structures high symmetry (SHS) is C60 fullerene (buckminsterfullerene) [...]

Assessing the Effects of Fullerene C60 on Markers Oxidative Stress in Testes Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats

Photoreduction of fullerene and the consequent stabilisation of a charge-separated state in a donor– acceptor assembly have been achieved, overcoming the common problem of a fullerene-based triplet state being an energy sink that prevents charge-separation. A route to incorporate a C60-fullerene electron acceptor moiety into a catecholate-Pt(II)-diimine photoactive dyad, which contains an unusu...