Fullerene polymers from solid precursors

Journal Article · Fri Jun 10 04:00:00 EDT 1994 · Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1126/science.264.5165.1548· OSTI ID:6819016

Fischer, J E ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States) National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (United States)

One of the many speculations that quickly followed on the heels of the Kraetschmer-Huffman process for producing large quantities of C[sub 60] buckminsterfullerene was the possibility of stitching the molecules together to create a linear chain polymer, a [open quotes]pearl necklace[close quotes] of buckyballs. In addition to being chemically elegant and intrinsically beautiful, such a material might be expected to exhibit interesting electronic and nonlinear optical properties. Traditional solution-phase routes to fullerene polymerization have thus far resulted only in mixtures of incompletely characterized species with a high degree of cross-linking. This article reviews experiments that show that this goal might be achieved by starting from a fullerene solid precursor.

• OSTI ID: 6819016
• Journal Information: Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States), Journal Name: Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States) Vol. 264:5165; ISSN SCIEAS; ISSN 0036-8075
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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