Buckminsterfullerene, C60 , is the largest molecule observed to date in interstellar and circumstellar environments. The mechanism of formation this actively debated. Despite targeted searches primitive carbonaceous chondrites, no unambiguous detection a meteorite has been reported date. Here we report first firm fullerenes, from C30 at least C100 Almahata Sitta (AhS) polymict ureilite meteorit...

Electron-rich cycloparaphenyleneacetylenes as well as their twin "glasses-like" conjugates form stable complexes with fullerenes.

In this work, we proposed a strategy for using fullerenes as building blocks the synthesis of novel 2D materials.

the b3lyp/6-31++g** density functional calculations were used to obtain minimum geometries and interaction energies between the molecular hydrogen and nanostructures of fullerenes, c20 (cage), c20 (bowl), c19si (bowl, penta), c19si (bowl, hexa). the h2 molecule is set as adsorbed in the distance of 3å at vertical position from surface above the pentagonal and hexagonal sites of nanostructures. ...

The recent interest in using Buckminsterfullerene (fullerene) derivatives in biological systems raises the possibility of their assay by immunological procedures. This, in turn, leads to the question of the ability of these unprecedented polygonal structures, made up solely of carbon atoms, to induce the production of specific antibodies. Immunization of mice with a C60 fullerene derivative con...

Introduction: Since the synthesis, isolation and characterization of fullerenes more than a decade ago, there has been considerable interest in ascertaining whether or not this new family of carbon (C) molecules occur naturally on the Earth or in the Cosmos (e.g. circumstellar shells, interstellar medium or ISM etc.) [1,2,3]. For example, it has been suggested that the fullerene molecule, C60, ...

Two-dimensional materials are popular in design of nanodevices. To improve bending stiffness few-layered graphene ribbon, the relative sliding between neighboring layers should be avoided by method such as bonding them together. In this study, new bonds ribbon formed ballistic C60 fullerenes from both surfaces ribbon. Collision effects evaluated through molecular dynamics simulations. The forma...