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[bacopacabana]

Not sure exactly what this is, but it seemed relevant:

http://bioengineerin...es-you-can-make

[Daniel Cooper]

Interesting article.  The underlying  published paper is behind a pay wall so I could only read the abstract.  I'm wonder what range of fullerenes this process yields?  Mostly c60 + others over some distribution curve?

 

My take away was that maybe the costs of c60 fullerenes will continue to decline due to new techniques such as this, but I'm not at the point of wanting to make my own because of the non trivial task of separating the various species.  In fact, you have to suspect that as the cost to produce raw fullerenes continues to decline, the cost of c60 will increasingly be dominated by cost of the separation process, unless someone comes up with a technique that inherently yields high purity fullerenes of a specific species.

 

 

 

 

[Turnbuckle]

 The nanoparticles also can be made quite small, less than eight nanometers in diameter.

 

 

Whatever these things are, they are not likely to be fullerenes. C60 is much smaller, around .71 nm, which gives the nanoparticles of this paper a volume 1,400 times that of C60

[Daniel Cooper]

 

 The nanoparticles also can be made quite small, less than eight nanometers in diameter.

 

 

Whatever these things are, they are not likely to be fullerenes. C60 is much smaller, around .71 nm, which gives the nanoparticles of this paper a volume 1,400 times that of C60

 

 

I did notice that neither that article nor the abstract uttered the word "fullerene" anywhere but didn't pick up on the size discrepancy.  Maybe it's making random sections of graphene?

 

 

 

 

[Danail Bulgaria]

I think, that this topic may be relevant too:

http://www.longecity...ng-c60-at-home/

Each time I renew the discussions in it, the idea for making c60 at home goes one step further. At the end it may lead to an efficient way of making your own c60, just like how now is possible to make your own alcohol.

[Daniel Cooper]

I think, that this topic may be relevant too:

http://www.longecity...ng-c60-at-home/

Each time I renew the discussions in it, the idea for making c60 at home goes one step further. At the end it may lead to an efficient way of making your own c60, just like how now is possible to make your own alcohol.

 

Interesting, but i just have a hard time working up a great deal of enthusiasm for making my own C60 given how inexpensive off the shelf C60 is.  Plus, I like the idea of working with something of a know purity.

 

But, I hope you keep looking at things like this.  Very informative.

[bixbyte]

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