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Buckypaper is a macroscopic aggregate of carbon nanotubes (CNT), or "buckytubes". It owes its name to the buckminsterfullerene, the 60 carbon fullerene (an allotrope of carbon with similar bonding that is sometimes referred to as a "Buckyball" in honor of R. Buckminster Fuller). [1]
A C 62 derivative [C 62 (C 6 H 4-4-Me) 2] synthesized from C 60 and 3,6-bis(4-methylphenyl)-3,6-dihydro-1,2,4,5-tetrazine. The C 60 molecules can also be coupled through a [2+2] cycloaddition, giving the dumbbell-shaped compound C 120. The coupling is achieved by high-speed vibrating milling of C 60 with a catalytic amount of KCN.
[2] Fullerenes had been predicted for some time, but only after their accidental synthesis in 1985 were they detected in nature [3] [4] and outer space. [5] [6] The discovery of fullerenes greatly expanded the number of known allotropes of carbon, which had previously been limited to graphite, diamond, and amorphous carbon such as soot and ...
C 70 fullerene is the fullerene molecule consisting of 70 carbon atoms. It is a cage-like fused-ring structure which resembles a rugby ball, made of 25 hexagons and 12 pentagons , with a carbon atom at the vertices of each polygon and a bond along each polygon edge.
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Fullerene chemistry is a field of organic chemistry devoted to the chemical properties of fullerenes. [1] [2] [3] Research in this field is driven by the need to functionalize fullerenes and tune their properties. For example, fullerene is notoriously insoluble and adding a suitable group can enhance solubility. [1]
The result of this collaboration was the discovery of C 60 (known as Buckyballs) and the fullerenes as the third allotropic form of carbon. [ 8 ] Smalley recognized that the structure of C 60 was like that of a soccer ball after cutting and tapping hexagons together in a three-dimensional manner, utilizing 20 hexagons and 12 pentagons. [ 9 ]
PCBM is a fullerene derivative of the C 60 buckyball that was first synthesized in the 1990s. [4] It is an electron acceptor material and is often used in organic solar cells (plastic solar cells) or flexible electronics in conjunction with electron donor materials such as P3HT or other conductive polymers.