Abstract
Stable colloidal suspensions of fullerene C-60 and C-70 in water are readily accessible by mechanical grinding a mixture of fullerene and p-sulfonatocalix[4]arene and/or imidazolium zwitterion followed by ultrasonication on the addition of water. The yellow and brown solutions for C-60 and C-70 respectively contain nano-arrays of fullerenes (40 to 130 nm in diameter) covered by a sheath of sulfonated calixarene, sulfonated imidazolium zwitterions or supermolecules of these two moieties.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1549-1555 |
| Journal | New Journal of Chemistry |
| Volume | 35 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2011 |