Color-tunable photoluminescent fullerene nanoparticles

Jinyoung Jeong; Juyeon Jung; Mijin Choi; Ju Whan Kim; Sang J Chung; Sujin Lim; Han Lee; Bong Hyun Chung

doi:10.1002/adma.201104772

Color-tunable photoluminescent fullerene nanoparticles

Adv Mater. 2012 Apr 17;24(15):1999-2003. doi: 10.1002/adma.201104772. Epub 2012 Mar 19.

Authors

Jinyoung Jeong¹, Juyeon Jung, Mijin Choi, Ju Whan Kim, Sang J Chung, Sujin Lim, Han Lee, Bong Hyun Chung

Affiliation

¹ BioNanotechnology Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, University of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South Korea.

PMID: 22431377
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201104772

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).

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Color
Ethylene Glycol / chemistry
Fullerenes / chemistry*
Lithium Compounds / chemistry
Luminescent Measurements*

Substances

Fullerenes
Lithium Compounds
Ethylene Glycol
lithium hydroxide
fullerene C60