Synthesis and electronic properties of donor-linked fullerenes towards photochemical molecular devices Nierengarten, J.F.; Eckert, J.F.; Felder, D.; Nicoud, J.F.; Armaroli, N.; Marconi, G.; Vicinelli, V.; Boudon, C.; Gisselbrecht, J.P.; Gross, M. Take-down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim.Downloaded from the University of Groningen/UMCG research database (Pure): http://www.rug.nl/research/portal. For technical reasons the number of authors shown on this cover page is limited to 10 maximum. AbstractWe report our recent progress in the synthesis and the study of donor-linked fullerenes. The synthesis of C polyadducts 60 with well defined three-dimensional structure provides versatile building blocks for the preparation of porphyrin-fullerene derivatives with unusual stereochemical and electronic properties. Phenanthroline ligands substituted with fullerenefunctionalized dendritic wedges and their copper(I) complexes have been prepared. Electrochemical and photophysical investigations have shown that the bis(phenanthroline)copper(I) central core is somehow buried in a dendritic black box. Finally, fullerene-oligophenylenevinylene hybrids have been synthesised in order to provide a molecular approach to photovoltaic conversion, and to prevent the morphology problems resulting from the phase separation in donor-acceptor composites.