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Fullerene Encapsulation

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Author	Sattler, Klaus D.
Copyright Year	2010
Description	Fullerenes are the most recently discovered allotrope of carbon, coming several centuries a er the discovery of graphite and diamond [1]. e availability of fullerenes in large quantities has drawn increasing attention toward the exploration of their remarkable functionality. A unique combination of electrical, mechanical, thermal, and optical properties gives fullerenes numerous potential uses such as biomedical applications and, particularly, exploiting photovoltaic phenomena for photocurrent generators, photoelectronic devices, photoinduced DNA cleavage reagents, and photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy. However, commercial exploitation has been hindered by the low solubility of fullerenes in polar solvents and by a marked tendency of spherical fullerenes with a surface composed of only sp2 carbons to self-aggregation. ere are two methods for addressing these disadvantages, and hence further functionalizing fullerenes: (1) covalent modi cation and (2) encapsulation. Covalent modi cation has the disadvantage that it impairs the physical properties of the product, whereas fullerene encapsulation realizes the noncovalent functionalization of fullerenes using a supramolecular approach. Hence, the supramolecular approach does not appreciably a ect the physical properties of fullerenes. ere are three potential advantages to be gained by the encapsulation of fullerenes by host molecules: (1) puri cation of fullerenes; (2) improvement of the solubility of C60, C70, and higher fullerenes; and (3) the practical application of solubilized fullerenes. Book Name: Handbook of Nanophysics
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Ending Page	744
Page Count	18
Starting Page	727
DOI	10.1201/9781420075557-51
Language	English
Publisher	Informa UK Limited
Publisher Date	2010-09-17
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Book Name: Handbook of Nanophysics Solubility Functionalization Disadvantage Cation Supramolecular Covalent Modi Encapsulation of Fullerenes
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Chapter

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