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Fluorescence of Fullerenes

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Fluorescence of Supermolecules, Polymers, and Nanosystems

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The photophysical properties of fullerenes are selectively reviewed, with an emphasis on fluorescence.It is shown that fullerenes display several unusual photophysical properties, such as their fluorescenceanisotropy, and also that they can be used for a more complete understanding of general photophysicalprocesses like charge-transfer complexation and the heavy-atom effect. In spite of the work already carriedout, knowledge of the photophysics of fullerenes and derivatives is still incomplete, and much remains tobe done in this area.

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Nascimento, S., Baleizão, C., Berberan-Santos, M.N. (2007). Fluorescence of Fullerenes. In: Berberan-Santos, M.N. (eds) Fluorescence of Supermolecules, Polymers, and Nanosystems. Springer Series on Fluorescence, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/4243_2007_004

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