The low or lack of solubility of fullerenes, carbon nanotubes and graphene/graphite in
organic solvents and water severely hampers the study of their chemical functionalizations …

Control of stain geometry by drop evaporation of surfactant containing dispersions is an
important topic of interest because it plays a crucial role in many applications such as …

Hybrid systems have great potential for a wide range of applications in chemistry, physics
and materials science. Conjugation of a biosystem to a molecular material can tune the …

This paper presents experimental results on the effect of alkalis such as NaOH, KOH and Ca
(OH) 2 on deacetylation of a konjac glucomannan (KGM) powder under mechano-chemical …

The lack of solubility in water and the formation of aggregates hamper many opportunities
for technological exploitation of C60. Here, different peptides were designed and …

The effect of metallic (Fe, Cu, Co, Ni, Ti) and non-metallic additives (Si, B) on the formation of
fullerenes from graphite powders was studied in radiofrequency (RF) thermal plasma. The …

To properly investigate the environmental transport, fate, and impact of fullerene C60
nanoparticles (n C60), it is necessary to reproducibly obtain n C60 suspensions and to …

An effective computational strategy to describe the dispersion of C60 by surfactants is
presented. The influence of parameters such as surfactant concentration and molecular …

The inevitable future environmental release of fullerene nanoparticles (nC 60) requires the
development of specific analytical methodologies that are able to identify, characterize and …

An important sector of nanotechnology is occupied by fullerene family, which have been
playing a pivotal role in various fields like electrochemical, sensor, solar cell, energy …