Fullerenes: From Synthesis to Optoelectronic Properties

Preface. 1: Design and Synthesis of C60-based Electroactive Molecules. 1. Addition of azomethyne ylides: fulleropyrrolidines M. Maggini, E. Menna. 2. Synthesis of methanofullerenes for materials science and biological applications J.-F. Nierengarten. 3. New concepts in Diels-Alder cycloadditions to fullerenes N. Martin, et al. 4. Spherical aromaticity an overview Z. Chen, et al. 2: Phytophysical Properties of C60-based Electroactive Molecules. 5. Photoinduced energy transfer processes in functionalized fullerenes N. Armaroli. 6. Electron transfer in functionalized fullerenes P.J. Bracher, D. Schuster. 7. Electron paramagnetic resonance of modified fullerenes C. Corvaja. 8. The small reorganization energy of fullerenes D.M. Guldi. 9. Fullerene electrochemistry L. Echegoyen, M.A. Herranz. 3: Applications of C60-based Electroactive Molecules. 10. Optical limiting applications R. Signorini, et al. 11. Langmuir Blodgett films of C60 and C60-materials L. Valli, D.M. Guldi. 12. Photovoltaic applications M.T. Rispens, J.C. Hummelen. Index.