title: Evidence of entropically driven C60 fullerene aggregation in aqueous solution.
abstract: In the present work, we report the first experimental evidence of entropically driven C60 fullerene aggregation in aqueous solution, occurring with nearly zero enthalpy change.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Sevastopol National Technical University, Sevastopol 99053, Ukraine.
authors.forename: Dmitry P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Voronin
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology and Chemistry, Belgorod State University, Belgorod 308015, Russia.
authors.forename: Anatoly S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Buchelnikov
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Sevastopol National Technical University, Sevastopol 99053, Ukraine.
authors.forename: Viktor V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Kostjukov
authors.affiliation: Department of Biophysics, ESC "Institute of Biology", Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv 01601, Ukraine.
authors.forename: Sergii V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Khrapatiy
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 63, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland.
authors.forename: Dariusz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wyrzykowski
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Biophysics, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG-MUG, Kładki 24, 80-822 Gdańsk, Poland.
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Piosik
authors.affiliation: Department of Biophysics, ESC "Institute of Biology", Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv 01601, Ukraine.
authors.forename: Yuriy I
authors.initials: YI
authors.lastname: Prylutskyy
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Technical University of Ilmenau, Ilmenau 98693, Germany.
authors.forename: Uwe
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ritter
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Sevastopol National Technical University, Sevastopol 99053, Ukraine.
authors.forename: Maxim P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Evstigneev
mesh_terms: D002151:Calorimetry; D019277:Entropy; D037741:Fullerenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D008027:Light; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D012996:Solutions; D013696:Temperature; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D037741:Fullerenes; D012996:Solutions; D014867:Water; C069837:fullerene C60