title: A strongly emitting liquid-crystalline derivative of Y(3)N@C(80): bright and long-lived near-IR luminescence from a charge transfer state.
abstract: Great balls of fire: C60 and Y3 N@C80 were connected to the same oligo(phenyleneethynylene) unit to investigate their structural and photophysical properties. NMR investigations revealed a fulleroid structure for the Y3 N@C80 derivative, and both dyads gave rise to columnar phases with core-shell cylinders. The black and gray spheres represent the fullerene core units of the Y3 N@C80 derivative, which is an ideal candidate to be involved in energy and electron transfer processes.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, UMR CNRS UdS 7504, 23 rue du loess BP 43, 67034 Strasbourg Cedex 2 (France).
authors.forename: Kalman
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Toth
authors.forename: Jennifer K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Molloy
authors.forename: Micaela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matta
authors.forename: Benoît
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Heinrich
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Guillon
authors.forename: Giacomo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bergamini
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zerbetto
authors.forename: Bertrand
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Donnio
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ceroni
authors.forename: Delphine
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Felder-Flesch
keywords: density functional calculations; endohedral cluster fullerenes; liquid crystals; metallomesogens; photophysics