Color-tunable photoluminescent fullerene nanoparticles.

Jeong, Jinyoung; Jung, Juyeon; Choi, Mijin; Kim, Ju Whan; Chung, Sang J; Lim, Sujin; Lee, Han; Chung, Bong Hyun · Adv Mater · 2012

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Highly water-soluble and color-tunable photoluminescent fullerene nanoparticles are synthesized by using tetraethylene glycol (TEG) and lithium hydroxide as a catalyst. The maximum PL emission changes depend on the contents of the remaining π-conjugation in oxidized C(60), which is partially covalently conjugated with TEG. The PL behavior is attributed to an electronic transition change due to the distortion of symmetrical C(60).

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