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Breakthrough Research Helps Develop High-Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells Without Using Fullerene

Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and at Linköping University have demonstrated the possibility of developing highly efficient and more reliable polymer solar cells at a lower cost. The breakthrough research is focusing on the development of polymer solar cells without using unstable and expensive fullerenes.

20 Apr 2016

Researchers Observe Light-Induced Lossless Electricity Transmission in Fullerenes

The general belief is that superconductors can only be used in a few applications as the finest of these materials tend to lose their resistance at -70°C. These days they are predominantly used in magnets for fusion devices, particle accelerators, and nuclear magnetic resonance tomographs.

9 Feb 2016

Fullerene Stereomer Could Influence Photovoltaic Performance

Organic/polymer solar cells represent the most important direction for green energy in the future. Fullerene electron acceptors have been widely used in organic/polymer solar cells as well as perovskite solar cells. A recent study reveals that the photovoltaic performance can be influenced by fullerene stereomer, implies that the stereomeric effect should be envisaged if new fullerene derivative was designed as electron acceptor.

28 Jan 2016

Global Fullerene Market Forecast to Grow at 13.96% CAGR During 2014-2019

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Fullerene Market 2015-2019" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 21 Aug 2015

Pyrolyzing Buckyballs May Help Them Confine Greenhouse Gases

Rice University scientists are forging toward tunable carbon-capture materials with a new study that shows how chemical changes affect the abilities of enhanced buckyballs to confine greenhouse gases.

15 Jul 2015

Plasmons Influence Carbon-Based Nanoparticles for Sensitizing Cancerous Tumors

Radiotherapy used in cancer treatment is a promising treatment method, albeit rather indiscriminate. Indeed, it affects neighbouring healthy tissues and tumours alike. Researchers have thus been exploring the possibilities of using various radio-sensitizers; these nanoscale entities focus the destructive effects of radiotherapy more specifically on tumour cells.

19 May 2015

Goethe University Chemists Synthesise a Platonic Solid Featuring an Si20 Dodecahedron

The discovery of the soccer ball-shaped C60 molecule in 1985 was a milestone for the development of nanotechnology. In parallel with the fast-blooming field of research into carbon fullerenes, researchers have spent a long time trying in vain to create structurally similar silicon cages.

19 Mar 2015

Buckyballs Turned Into Buckybombs to Fight Cancer

In 1996, a trio of scientists won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for their discovery of Buckminsterfullerene - soccer-ball-shaped spheres of 60 joined carbon atoms that exhibit special physical properties.

19 Mar 2015

Glyconanoparticles Help Reduce Cell Damage and Inflammation After a Stroke

Materials resulting from chemical bonding of glucosamine, a type of sugar, with fullerenes, kind of nanoparticles known as buckyballs, might help to reduce cell damage and inflammation occurring after stroke. A team from the Max Planck Institute in Germany has tested this on mice, opening the door to potential new drugs for the cerebrovascular accident.

13 Mar 2015

Corannulene Molecules May Help Overcome Difficulties in Building Molecular Circuits

Corannulene is a carbon molecule with a unique shape (similar to the better known fullerene) and promising properties. A team of scientists from SISSA and the University of Zurich carried out computer simulations of the molecule’s properties and discovered that it might help overcome the difficulties building molecular circuits (i.e., of the size of molecules). The study has just been published in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics.

17 Feb 2015

Fullerenes News

Breakthrough Research Helps Develop High-Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells Without Using Fullerene

Researchers Observe Light-Induced Lossless Electricity Transmission in Fullerenes

Fullerene Stereomer Could Influence Photovoltaic Performance

Global Fullerene Market Forecast to Grow at 13.96% CAGR During 2014-2019

Pyrolyzing Buckyballs May Help Them Confine Greenhouse Gases

Plasmons Influence Carbon-Based Nanoparticles for Sensitizing Cancerous Tumors

Goethe University Chemists Synthesise a Platonic Solid Featuring an Si20 Dodecahedron

Buckyballs Turned Into Buckybombs to Fight Cancer

Glyconanoparticles Help Reduce Cell Damage and Inflammation After a Stroke

Corannulene Molecules May Help Overcome Difficulties in Building Molecular Circuits

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