Polymerized fullerenes

Sundqvist B (2004) Polymeric Fullerene Phases Formed Under Pressure 109 85-126 Szalewicz K, Patkowski K, Jeziorski B (2005) Intermolecular Interactions via Perturbation Theory From Diatoms to Biomolecules 116 43-117... 

Polymeric Fullerene Phases Formed Under Pressure... 

Before discussing the formation and structures of polymeric fullerenes we briefly review what happens to molecular C60 and C70 when pressure is applied. 

Polymeric fullerene materials can be obtained by many methods, for example by irradiation with electrons or ions, treatment in a plasma generator, doping with alkali metals [9,28,46], direct chemical synthesis [47], or mechanical milling [29]. Because of the small penetration depth of light fullerenes can only be photopolymerized as thin films, but bulk photopolymer can be obtained by polymerization in solution [48,49]. Diffraction studies show that photopolymers usually have a disordered fee structure. Although some ordered films have been... 

Sundqvist B (2004) Polymeric Fullerene Phases Formed Under Pressure 109 85-126... 

Makarova T.L. Electrical and optical properties of monomerical and polymerical fullerenes (overview) // Fizika i tekhnika poluprovodnikov. -2001. - V.35, N3. - P. 257-293 (in Russian). 

Keywords polymerized fullerenes, clusters and crystal structures, cubic symmetry, quantum-chemical calculations. 

Makarova, T.L. (2001) Electrical and optical properties of pristine and polymerized fullerenes. Semiconductors 35, 257-293. 

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