title: Color-tunable photoluminescent fullerene nanoparticles.
abstract: Highly water-soluble and color-tunable photoluminescent fullerene nanoparticles are synthesized by using tetraethylene glycol (TEG) and lithium hydroxide as a catalyst. The maximum PL emission changes depend on the contents of the remaining π-conjugation in oxidized C(60), which is partially covalently conjugated with TEG. The PL behavior is attributed to an electronic transition change due to the distortion of symmetrical C(60).
authors.affiliation: BioNanotechnology Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, University of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South Korea.
authors.forename: Jinyoung
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.forename: Juyeon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Mijin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Ju Whan
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sang J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Sujin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Han
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Bong Hyun
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Chung
mesh_terms: D003116:Color; D019855:Ethylene Glycol / Q000737:chemistry; D037741:Fullerenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D018020:Lithium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D008163:Luminescent Measurements
chemical_list: D037741:Fullerenes; D018020:Lithium Compounds; D019855:Ethylene Glycol; C028467:lithium hydroxide; C069837:fullerene C60