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Buckyball maracas: exploring the inside and outside properties of endohedral fullerenes
Author(s) -
RiveraNazario Danisha M.,
Pinzón Julio R.,
Stevenson Steven,
Echegoyen Luis A.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of physical organic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.325
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1395
pISSN - 0894-3230
DOI - 10.1002/poc.3009
Subject(s) - fullerene , chemistry , surface modification , nanotechnology , endohedral fullerene , organic solar cell , photovoltaics , organic chemistry , materials science , photovoltaic system , polymer , ecology , biology
Since the experimental observation of the encapsulation of different species inside fullerene (endohedral fullerenes) cages, several research groups have focused their research in the elaboration of new and novel compounds. Exohedral functionalization of the carbon cages has helped in the discovery of new species and has expanded their potential applications in material science and medicine. Our research group has contributed to the discovery, functionalization, and characterization of new and interesting compounds that have been explored in different applications, but mainly in the field of organic photovoltaics. Here, we report the contribution and progress of our research group in the field of buckyball “maracas.” Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.