Fullerodendrimers: a new class of compounds for supramolecular chemistry and materials science applications
Encapsulation of a fullerene sphere in the middle of a dendritic structure prevents unfavorable effects of the C60 unit, such as aggregation or steric hindering. Such fullerodendrimers appear to be promising compounds for materials science applications. On the other hand, fullerodendrons with peripheral C60 subunits or containing a C60 sphere at each branching unit appear to be versatile building blocks for the preparation of fullerene-rich macromolecules with intriguing properties.
Nierengarten
JF
Groupe des Materiaux Organiques, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Materiaux de Strasbourg, Universite Louis Pasteur and CNRS, France. niereng@ipcms.u-strasbg.fr