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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-7-12
pubmed:abstractText
This research work reports on the incorporation of fullerene C60 in diverse inorganic and organic matrixes and how these different environments induce changes on the photophysical properties of the molecule depending on the cavity dimensions of the host. Indeed the fluorescence emission band of C60 experiences a progressive bathochromic shift with respect to C60 in solution as the cavity dimensions of the host decrease in going from the mesoporous material MCM41 to UTD-1 and Na-Y zeolites. This experimental observation, which has been documentarily confirmed by theoretical predictions and recent experimental results, is a reflection of the confinement effect imposed by the host. However, the most striking result reported in this work is that the fluorescence range accessible to this occluded species can be extraordinarily extended by confinement inside the neutral cages of a "dendritic box". The ability of the dendritic shell to create a microenvironment, modifying the properties of its functional core, allows the emission bands of C60 incorporated into a dendrimer to be effectively red-shifted with respect to their emission in solution, and, contrarily to other confined spaces of considerable hardness such as zeolites or the high surface material MCM41, the magnitude of this shifting is maximum and can be modulated under appropriate experimental conditions. This phenomenon has an enormous relevance since it can be exploited in future technological applications.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1089-5639
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
3
pubmed:volume
109
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1559-63
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Modulation of the photophysical properties of C60 by electronic confinement effect.
pubmed:affiliation
School of Science and Technology, University of Turabo, P.O. Box 3030, Gurabo, Puerto Rico 00778-3030.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article