Fullerene multifunctional

Guldi DM, Aminur Rahman GM, Sgobba V et al (2006) Multifunctional molecular carbon materials-from fullerenes to carbon nanotubes. Chem Soc Rev 35 471 -87... 

Many examples of photoactive systems assembled on ITO or gold electrodes can be found in recent publications. Typical photoactive fullerene-based dyad and triad are presented in Figure 15. Particular interesting is a recently reported multifunctional fullerene derivative, which undergoes self-assembling on ITO electrode... 

Fullerene chemistry. A. The structures of C j, C70, and corannulene are shown. B. Representative reactions of fullerenes. Shown are prototypical carbene and Diels-Alder reactions. Also shown is a trifunctional reagent used to regioselectively provide a multifunctional fullerene. 

Beside their well-known extra-high mechanical properties, single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) offer either metallic or semiconductor characteristics based on the chiral structure of fullerene. They possess superior thermal and electrical properties so SWNTs are regarded as the most promising reinforcement material for the next generation of high performance structural and multifunctional composites, and evoke great interest in polymer based composites research. The SWNTs/polymer composites are theoretically predicted to have both exceptional mechanical and functional properties, which carbon fibers cannot offer [105]. 

Guldi, D. M., G. M. Aminur Rahman, V. Sgobba, and C. Ehli. Multifunctional molecular carbon materials—from fullerenes to carbon nanotubes. Chem. Soc. Rev. 35, 2006 471-487. 

Lalwani G, Sitharaman B. Multifunctional fullerene-and metallofullerene-based nanobiomaterials. Nano LIFE 2013 3 1342003-l-1342003-22. 

Using C6o(Cl) (n = 16 to 20) [88] as a multifunctional initiator under ATRP conditions (CuCl/2,2 -bipyridine, toluene, 130 °C), styrene [89] and N-vinylcarbazole [90] could be polymerized (Scheme 5.15). There is experimental evidence that the resulting compounds are star shaped, but the number and length of the arms or the number of residual Cl on the fullerene could not be determined. A thermal polymerization, producing a non-negligible amount of polymer containing no fullerene, is always observed. Nevertheless, the optical-limiting behavior of (PVK)j,C6o(Cl). y approached that of pristine Ca> [90]. This work was further extended to a Ni-based ATRP catalyst system and it was estimated that about two PS arms were attached to C6o(Cl) [91]. 

Multifunctional [60]fullerenes possessing eight pyridyl or morphohne moieties create strong ionic interactions with acidic polymers such as poly(styrenesulfonic... 

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