Physical Properties of Organic Fullerene Cocrystals
The basic facts and fundamental properties of binary fullerene cocrystals are reviewed, focusing especially on solvates and salts of Buckminsterfullerene (C60), and hydrates of hydrophilic C60 derivatives. The examined properties include the lattice structure and the presence of orientational disord...
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| description | The basic facts and fundamental properties of binary fullerene cocrystals are reviewed, focusing especially on solvates and salts of Buckminsterfullerene (C60), and hydrates of hydrophilic C60 derivatives. The examined properties include the lattice structure and the presence of orientational disorder and/or rotational dynamics (of both fullerenes and cocrystallizing moieties), thermodynamic properties such as decomposition enthalpies, and charge transport properties. Both thermodynamic properties and molecular orientational disorder shed light on the extent of intermolecular interactions in these binary solid-state systems. Comparison is carried out also with pristine fullerite and with the solid phases of functionalized C60. Interesting experimental findings on binary fullerene cocrystals include the simultaneous occurrence of rotations of both constituent molecular species, crystal morphologies reminiscent of quasicrystalline behavior, the observation of proton conduction in hydrate solids of hydrophilic fullerene derivatives, and the production of super-hard carbon materials by application of high pressures on solvated fullerene crystals. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-96fbecfed130494d97f8805bae0e8a6a2022-12-21T18:26:24ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Materials2296-80162018-01-01410.3389/fmats.2017.00046317896Physical Properties of Organic Fullerene CocrystalsRoberto Macovez0Grup de Caracterització de Materials, Barcelona Research Center in Multiscale Science and Engineering, Department of Physics, Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, SpainThe basic facts and fundamental properties of binary fullerene cocrystals are reviewed, focusing especially on solvates and salts of Buckminsterfullerene (C60), and hydrates of hydrophilic C60 derivatives. The examined properties include the lattice structure and the presence of orientational disorder and/or rotational dynamics (of both fullerenes and cocrystallizing moieties), thermodynamic properties such as decomposition enthalpies, and charge transport properties. Both thermodynamic properties and molecular orientational disorder shed light on the extent of intermolecular interactions in these binary solid-state systems. Comparison is carried out also with pristine fullerite and with the solid phases of functionalized C60. Interesting experimental findings on binary fullerene cocrystals include the simultaneous occurrence of rotations of both constituent molecular species, crystal morphologies reminiscent of quasicrystalline behavior, the observation of proton conduction in hydrate solids of hydrophilic fullerene derivatives, and the production of super-hard carbon materials by application of high pressures on solvated fullerene crystals.http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmats.2017.00046/fullbuckminsterfullerenefunctionalized C60solvatehydratecrystal structurerotational dynamics |
| spellingShingle | Roberto Macovez Physical Properties of Organic Fullerene Cocrystals Frontiers in Materials buckminsterfullerene functionalized C60 solvate hydrate crystal structure rotational dynamics |
| title | Physical Properties of Organic Fullerene Cocrystals |
| title_full | Physical Properties of Organic Fullerene Cocrystals |
| title_fullStr | Physical Properties of Organic Fullerene Cocrystals |
| title_full_unstemmed | Physical Properties of Organic Fullerene Cocrystals |
| title_short | Physical Properties of Organic Fullerene Cocrystals |
| title_sort | physical properties of organic fullerene cocrystals |
| topic | buckminsterfullerene functionalized C60 solvate hydrate crystal structure rotational dynamics |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmats.2017.00046/full |
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