ABSTRACT
Syntheses of three types of typical fullerene derivatives — malonic acid-type, pyrrolidine-type, and metal complex — are described. Nanowhiskers containing these fullerene derivatives were prepared from a mixture of C60 and fullerene derivatives. These nanowhiskers were single crystalline, indicating that the fullerene derivatives formed a solid solution with C60. However, incorporation of fullerene derivatives into the C60 matrix in fullerene nanowhiskers was inhibited by large functional groups of fullerene derivatives. The use of fullerene derivatives for nanowhiskers is a potentially convenient method for providing a novel function to fullerene nanowhiskers.
