Oxidation-induced water-solubilization and chemical functionalization of fullerenes C60, Gd@C60 and Gd@C82: atomistic insights into the formation mechanisms and structures of fullerenols synthesized via different methods

Nanoscale , 2014, Accepted Manuscript

DOI: 10.1039/C4NR06633B, Paper

Zhenzhen Wang, Zhang-Hui Lu, Yuliang Zhao, Xingfa Gao

Water-solubilization is the prerequisite to endow the pristinely hydrophobic fullerenes with biocompatibility and biofunctionality, which has been widely applied to derive fullerene-based nanomaterials for biomedical applications. Oxidation reactions using O₂ ...

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