Fullerene-Naphthalene Interaction on the Water Surface and in the Binary Film
Titel:
Fullerene-Naphthalene Interaction on the Water Surface and in the Binary Film
Auteur:
Borovkov, Nicholas Yu. Valkova, Larissa A. Ol'khovich, Marina V. Glibin, Alexander S. Koifman, Oscar I. Zakharov, Anatoly G.
Verschenen in:
Fullerenes, nanotubes & carbon nanostructures
Paginering:
Jaargang 15 (2007) nr. 6 pagina's 467-484
Jaar:
2007-11
Inhoud:
This work continues the studies on the non-covalent fullerene-donor interaction that were recently conducted by non-spectroscopic methods in solution. The Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) technique is engaged as a main experimental tool to exclude interfering solvent effects. Methods to prepare a stable low-dimensional fullerene-water system and to monitor intermolecular interactions therein are proposed. As a molecular partner of fullerene, β-benzylnaphthalene (BN) modeling a functional π-donor is used. No pair C60-BN interactions were found in both C60-BN-H2O and C60-BN systems. Thus, a lack of molecular affinity of fullerene for typical π-donors is stated not only in solution but in solvent-free systems as well. For this reason, none of classic non-covalent interactions can be exploited to control the state of fullerene in solid composites.