Phase Diagrams of Ternary π-Conjugated Polymer Solutions for Organic Photovoltaics by Jung Yong Kim

“…These findings may pave the way to rationally understand the phase behavior of solvent-polymer-fullerene (or nonfullerene) systems at the interface of organic photovoltaics and molecular thermodynamics.…”
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Density Functional Theory based study on structural, vibrational and NMR properties of cis - trans fulleropyrrolidine mono-adducts. by Seif Bennia, Rim Milad, Sabri Messaoudi, Marine de Person, Fathi Moussa, Manef Abderrabba, Denis Merlet

“…Since the early nineties, countless publications have been devoted to the study of possible uses of [60] fullerene (C60) and its derivatives in the fields of materials and nano-biomedical sciences. …”
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USE OF NANODIAMONDS IN BIOMEDICINE by M. I. Kanyuk

“…To provide targeted drug delivery C60-fullerens, nanoporous silica, carbon nanotubes and nanodiamonds are widely used. …”
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Stimuli Responsive Polymers for Enhanced Drug Release Applications by Tam, Michael K. C.

“…Various types of methacrylic acid block and random cross-linked copolymers and other novel systems, such as fullerene based block copolymers were synthesized. …”
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Matrix-assisted dip-pen nanolithography by Su, Jin Yao.

“…In this project, through the use of MA-DPN, fullerene nanoparticles (NPs) and gold (Au) NPs with varying sizes were fabricated into nanostructures on substrates using polyethylene oxide (PEO) as the polymer matrix.…”
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Direct visualization of the charge transfer state dynamics in dilute-donor organic photovoltaic blends by Moore, GJ, Günther, F, Yallum, KM, Causa’, M, Jungbluth, A, Réhault, J, Riede, M, Ortmann, F, Banerji, N

“…Here, a transient absorption spectroscopy (TAS) study of a thermally evaporated small-molecule:fullerene system (α6T:C60) in different morphologies (dilute intermixed and phase separated) is presented. …”

Trap states in ZnPc:C60 small-molecule organic solar cells by Burtone, L, Fischer, J, Leo, K, Riede, M

“…Here, small-molecule organic solar cells based on a bulk heterojunction between zinc-phtalocyanine (ZnPc) and the fullerene C60 are characterized according to their trapping nature by noninvasive methods and under ambient conditions. …”

Effect of ultraviolet radiation on organic photovoltaic materials and devices by Patel, J, Tiwana, P, Seidler, N, Morse, G, Lozman, O, Johnston, M, Herz, L

“…These findings strongly suggest that the fabrication of inherently photostable organic photovoltaic devices will require the replacement of fullerene-based electron transporter materials with alternative organic semiconductors.…”

Visualizing HIV-1 capsid and its interactions with antivirals and host factors by Wilbourne, M, Zhang, P

“…The capsid is known to be a pleomorphic fullerene cone comprised of capsid protein monomers arranged into 200–250 hexamers and 12 pentamers. …”

Fluorinated zinc phthalocyanine as donor for efficient vacuum-deposited organic solar cells by Meiss, J, Merten, A, Hein, M, Schuenemann, C, Schäfer, S, Tietze, M, Uhrich, C, Pfeiffer, M, Leo, K, Riede, M

“…Efficient single bulk heterojunction organic solar cells based on blends of a fluorinated zinc phthalocyanine as electron donor and fullerene C₆₀ as electron acceptor are reported. …”

Integral atomic layer architectures of 1D crystals inserted into single walled carbon nanotubes by Sloan, J, Kirkland, A, Hutchison, J, Green, M

“…Where the encapsulated crystal has a structure recognizably related to that of the bulk material, crystals are formed with lower surface coordination and all exhibit substantial lattice distortions as a result of this reduced coordination and/or van der Waals constriction effects. 1D crystal growth within SWNTs is occasionally impeded by the presence of simultaneously incorporated fullerene molecules.…”

Synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of solution processable highly ordered polythiophene-carbon nanotube nanohybrid structures. by Schuettfort, T, Snaith, H, Nish, A, Nicholas, R

“…In addition, careful consideration of the energy transfer is necessary when attempting to improve state of the art polymer-fullerene photovoltaic devices with SWNTs in order to make use of their high charge carrier mobilities and increased rrP3HT crystallinity.…”

Vacuum-deposited donors for low-voltage-loss nonfullerene organic solar cells by Kaienburg, P, Bristow, H, Jungbluth, A, Habib, I, McCulloch, I, Beljonne, D, Riede, M

“…We find that voltage losses decrease by hundreds of millivolts when VTE donors are paired with the NFA instead of the fullerene C₆₀, the current standard acceptor in VTE OPVs. …”

Compatible Solution‐Processed Interface Materials for Improved Efficiency of Polymer Solar Cells by Zhuo Xu, Jose Prince Madalaimuthu, Josef Bernd Slowik, Rico Meitzner, Aman Anand, Shahidul Alam, Héctor Corte, Steffi Stumpf, Ulrich S. Schubert, Harald Hoppe

“…Furthermore, in both, fullerene and nonfullerene systems, the efficiency of the devices employing the blend ETL as compared to the single ETLs show some performance improvement. …”
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Nanofluids for Performance Improvement of Heavy Machinery Journal Bearings: A Simulation Study by Hamid Sadabadi, Amir Sanati Nezhad

“…Nanofluids have extensive applications in hydrodynamic journal bearings used in heavy industry machinery. Inorganic fullerene-like tungsten disulfide nanoparticles (IF-WS₂ NPs) are the most common additive for lubrication purpose due to their excellent mechanical characteristics along with their effect on reducing friction and wear. …”
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Strongly Selective Polymer Membranes Modified with Heteroarm Stars for the Ethylene Glycol Dehydration by Pervaporation by Valeriia Rostovtseva, Alexandra Pulyalina, Daria Rudakova, Ludmila Vinogradova, Galina Polotskaya

“…The HAS consist of a small branching center fullerene C 60 and twelve arms of different nature, six arms of nonpolar polystyrene and six arms of polar poly-tert-butyl methacrylate. …”
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Electrosynthesis of buckyballs with fused-ring systems from PCBM and its analogue by Wei-Feng Wang, Kai-Qing Liu, Chuang Niu, Yun-Shu Wang, Yang-Rong Yao, Zheng-Chun Yin, Muqing Chen, Shi-Qi Ye, Shangfeng Yang, Guan-Wu Wang

“…Abstract [6,6]-Phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM), a star molecule in the fullerene field, has found wide applications in materials science. …”
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Conductivity Transport Mechanisms of Solution-Processed Spinel Nickel Cobaltite-Based Hole Transporting Layers and Its Implementation as Charge Selective Contact in Organic Photovo... by Apostolos Ioakeimidis, Aristeidis Kottaras, Dimitrios Karageorgopoulos, Efstathia Christia, Sotirios Sakkopoulos, Evangelos Vitoratos, Stelios A. Choulis, Ioannis T. Papadas

“…As a proof of concept, NiCo₂O₄ and Cu-SCN surface-modified NiCo₂O₄ are incorporated as HTLs for non-fullerene acceptor Organic Photovoltaics (OPVs), and the photovoltaic performance results of the corresponding OPVs are presented.…”
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Morphological, Chemical, and Electronic Changes of the Conjugated Polymer PTB7 with Thermal Annealing by Victoria Savikhin, Lethy K. Jagadamma, Lafe J. Purvis, Iain Robertson, Stefan D. Oosterhout, Christopher J. Douglas, Ifor D.W. Samuel, Michael F. Toney

“…Here, we study the effect of high-temperature annealing on the properties of the semiconducting polymer PTB7 and PTB7:fullerene blends, of interest as efficient organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices. …”
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CdSe/ZnS quantum dots as a booster in the active layer of distributed ternary organic photovoltaics by Gabriela Lewińska, Piotr Jeleń, Zofia Kucia, Maciej Sitarz, Łukasz Walczak, Bartłomiej Szafraniak, Jerzy Sanetra, Konstanty W. Marszalek

“…This paper presents studies on CdSe/ZnS nanodots as dopants in a polymer–fullerene matrix for application in organic solar cells. …”
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