Advanced materials: fluorous fullerenes and nanotubes

This paper describes the preparation and properties of several fluorous-substituted fullerene and fullerene nanotube materials. Several of these are quite fluorous soluble and, due to the insulating effect of –CH2– groups between the perfluorocarbon pony tails and the fullerene ring system, they exhibit electronic and photophysical properties similar to non-fluorous fullerenes. Certain unique applications of these hybrid materials are discussed.