Langmuir-Blodgett Films of a New Diels-Alder Adduct of C₆₀ with 1,1’-Biindene

Abstract

A new Diels-Alder Adduct of C60 with 1,1’-biindene (CB) has been synthesized. The Langmuir trough study of this new fullerene derivative indicates that floating film could form monomolecular thick film at the air/water interface at lower concentration, and can be well transferred the floating mixed CB and arachidic acid film onto substrates using the Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) technique. In the case of the mixed film, high quality films with thickness of up to 50 layers could be readily built up. The absorption variation with film thickness at 255nm was measured, indicating good LB deposition up to 50 layers.

Controlled deposition of fullerene derivatives within a graphene template by means of a modified Langmuir-Schaefer method

“…In addition, since fullerols have better solubility in water than brominated fullerene, nanotechnology can tune and control the fundamental physicochemical properties of fullerenes derivatives by ordering them into molecular thin films [38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47] fabricating either hydrophilic or hydrophobic nanocoatings. The possibility to control the size and the orientation of fullerene moieties in 2D arrangements can lead to new functional low-dimensional materials with interesting and promising properties for controllable wetting applications [26] including corrosion resistant [48], smart textiles [49], self-cleaning [50] and directional wetting [51] surfaces as well as for developing lab-on-a-chip (LOC) devices [52] and biosensors [26].…”