Browsing by Subject "Fullerenes"
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4H-1,2,6-Thiadiazin-4-one-containing small molecule donors and additive effects on their performance in solution-processed organic solar cells
(2015)The optical, electrochemical, morphological and transport properties of a series of thiadiazinone (acceptor) and (thienyl)carbazoles (donor) containing π-extended donor-acceptor-donors (D-A-D) are presented. Systematic ...
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Computational design of novel fullerene analogues as potential HIV-1 PR inhibitors: Analysis of the binding interactions between fullerene inhibitors and HIV-1 PR residues using 3D QSAR, molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulations
(2008)A series of experimentally reported as well as computationally designed monoadducts and bisadducts of [60]fullerene analogues have been used in order to analyze the binding interactions between fullerene based inhibitors ...
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Concerted Diels-Alder reaction between anthracene and C60
(2001)The Diels-Alder reaction of anthracene with C60 has been investigated experimentally by using secondary isotope effects. The inverse α-secondary isotope effect in conjunction with the unity value of the β-secondary isotope ...
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Femtosecond dynamics in single wall carbon nanotube/poly(3-hexylthiophene) composites
(2008)Femtosecond transient absorption measurements on single wall carbon nanotube/poly(3-hexylthiophene) composites are used to investigate the relaxation dynamics of this blended material. The influence of the addition of ...
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Inkjet printing processing conditions for bulk-heterojunction solar cells using two high-performing conjugated polymer donors
(2014)We report the processing conditions for inkjet-printed active layers of organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices comprising bulk-heterojunction blends of the low bandgap conjugated polymer poly[(4,4′-bis(2-ethylhexyl)dithieno[3,2-b: ...
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Optical properties of organic semiconductor blends with near-infrared quantum-dot sensitizers for light harvesting applications
(2011)We report an optical investigation of conjugated polymer (P3HT)/fullerene (PCBM) semiconductor blends sensitized by near-infrared absorbing quantum dots (PbS QDs). A systematic series of samples that include pristine, ...
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Photovoltaic limitations of BODIPY:fullerene based bulk heterojunction solar cells
(2017)The photovoltaic performance of blends of a series of 4,4′-Difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacenes)-based (BODIPY) conjugated polymers donors with fullerene electron acceptors is investigated. Despite the high Voc values ...
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Quantitative preparation of 3,4-di(methylene)tetrahydrothiophene-1,1- dioxide by Zn-induced 1,4-debromination. A valuable 6-C reactive diene in [4+2] cycloadditions with DMAD and [60]fullerene
(2012)Optimum reaction conditions for the quantitative preparation of the highly reactive 3,4-di(methylene)tetrahydrothiophene-1,1-dioxide are described. The method involves the zinc-induced 1,4-debromination of 3,4-bis(bromom ...
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Remote functionalization of C60 with enantiomerically pure cyclo-[2]-malonate tethers bearing C12 and C14 spacers: Synthetic access to bisadducts of C60 with the inherently chiral trans-3 addition pattern
(2013)In this Article, we describe the synthesis of two optically pure diols bearing a 1,2-diol moiety masked as an isopropylidene acetal group and long alkyl chains comprised of 12 and 14 carbon atoms, respectively. The synthetic ...
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Self-Assembled Giant Vesicles Formed by Type I [3:3]-Hexakis Adducts of C60 Equipped with Enantiomerically Pure cyclo-Monomalonate Addends
(2015)An efficient route for the synthesis of two amphiphilic type I [3:3]-hexakis adducts of C60 equipped with enantiopure cyclo-monomalonate addends was explored. Studies on their self-assembling behavior by TEM and SEM revealed ...
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Size-dependent charge transfer in blends of Pbs quantum dots with a low-gap silicon-bridged copolymer
(2013)The photophysics of bulk heterojunctions of a high-performance, low-gap silicon-bridged dithiophene polymer with oleic acid capped PbS quantum dots (QDs) are studied to assess the material potential for light harvesting ...
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Doctoral Thesis Open Access
Synthesis of inherently chiral bis- and trisadducts of C60 utilizing cyclo-malonate tethers design and synthesis of structurally novel tethers for the regioselective Bingel functionalization of C60
(Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Θετικών και Εφαρμοσμένων Επιστημών / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, 2013-03)Η σύνθεση των καθαρών εναντιομερών εγγενώς χειρόμορφων παραγώγων του C60 αποτελεί έναν πολύ σημαντικό στόχο στον τομέα της χημείας των φουλερενίων. Για αυτό το σκοπό, σχεδιάστηκαν και συντέθηκαν δύο νέες οικογένειες οπτικά ...
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Ultrafast dynamics of localized and delocalized polaron transitions in P3HT/PCBM blend materials: The effects of PCBM concentration
(2009)Nowadays, organic solar cells have the interest of engineers for manufacturing flexible and low cost devices. The considerable progress of this nanotechnology area presents the possibility of investigating new effects from ...
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Water solubility, antioxidant activity and cytochrome C binding of four families of exohedral adducts of C60 and C70
(2007)Over the past decade, surface-modified, water soluble fullerenes have been shown by many different investigators to exhibit strong antioxidant activity against reactive oxygen species (ROS) in vitro and to protect cells ...
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Doctoral Thesis Open Access
Τοποεκλεκτική σύνθεση παραγώγων πολλαπλής προσθήκης του φουλερενίου C60, εφαρμογές στην κατασκευή υπερμοριακών δομών
(Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Θετικών και Εφαρμοσμένων Επιστημών / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, 2014-12)Η παρούσα Διδακτορική Διατριβή επικεντρώνεται στην απομακρυσμένη παραγωγοποίηση του φουλερενίου C60 μέσω αντιδράσεων Diels-Alder και αντιδράσεων Bingel-Hirsch προς το σχηματισμό φουλερενικών πολλαπλής προσθήκης. Το ενδιαφέρον ...