Excited-State Properties of C60 Fullerene Derivatives

DM Guldi, M Prato - Accounts of chemical research, 2000 - ACS Publications
This Account reviews our main achievements in the field of excited-state properties of
fullerene derivatives. The photosensitizing and electron-acceptor features of some relevant …

Carbon nanostructures

OA Shenderova, VV Zhirnov… - Critical reviews in solid …, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
An overview of the various carbon structures with characteristic sizes in the nanoscale
region is presented, with special attention devoted to the structures and properties of …

Fullerene derivatives: an attractive tool for biological applications

S Bosi, T Da Ros, G Spalluto, M Prato - European journal of medicinal …, 2003 - Elsevier
The fullerene family, and especially C60, has very appealing photo-, electro-chemical and
physical properties, which can be exploited in many and different biological fields. Fullerene …

[HTML][HTML] Fullerene: biomedical engineers get to revisit an old friend

S Goodarzi, T Da Ros, J Conde, F Sefat, M Mozafari - Materials Today, 2017 - Elsevier
In 1985, the serendipitous discovery of fullerene triggered the research of carbon structures
into the world of symmetric nanomaterials. Consequently, Robert F. Curl, Harold W. Kroto …

C60 in Water:  Nanocrystal Formation and Microbial Response

JD Fortner, DY Lyon, CM Sayes, AM Boyd… - Environmental …, 2005 - ACS Publications
Upon contact with water, under a variety of conditions, C60 spontaneously forms a stable
aggregate with nanoscale dimensions (d= 25− 500 nm), termed here “nano-C60”. The color …

2-Azaallyl anions, 2-azaallyl cations, 2-azaallyl radicals, and azomethine ylides

S Tang, X Zhang, J Sun, D Niu, JJ Chruma - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
This review covers the use of 2-azaallyl anions, 2-azaallyl cations, and 2-azaallyl radicals in
organic synthesis up through June 2018. Particular attention is paid to both foundational …

Medicinal chemistry with fullerenes and fullerene derivatives

T Da Ros, M Prato - Chemical Communications, 1999 - pubs.rsc.org
The study of the biological applications of fullerenes has attracted increasing attention
despite the low solubility of the carbon spheres in physiological media. The organic …

Impact of fullerene (C60) on a soil microbial community

Z Tong, M Bischoff, L Nies, B Applegate… - … science & technology, 2007 - ACS Publications
The nascent state of the nanoproduct industry calls for important early assessment of
environmental impacts before significant releases have occurred. Clearly, the impact of …

Cationic fullerenes are effective and selective antimicrobial photosensitizers

GP Tegos, TN Demidova, D Arcila-Lopez, H Lee… - Chemistry & biology, 2005 - cell.com
Fullerenes are soccer ball-shaped molecules composed of carbon atoms, and, when
derivatized with functional groups, they become soluble and can act as photosensitizers …

Azomethine ylides in organic synthesis

C Najera, JM Sansano - Current Organic Chemistry, 2003 - benthamdirect.com
This review will attempt to cover the literatures published from 1988 dealing with cyclic and
acyclic azomethine ylides in which a part or the whole of the ylide conjugation is included in …