C60 Monodisperse nanoclusters - silica based thin film obtained by microemulsion technique

Summary form only given. Monodisperse fullerene nanoclusters have been encapsulated into silica matrix conducting the clusterization by microemulsion technique which is an efficient route to template a variety of nanostructures. The preparing C60 clusters -silica based thin films is a necessary step in the exploitation of the unique properties of these materials. For further applications, the results of time and thermal stability studies of these thin films have been presented. The successful formation of C60 nanoclusters -silica based thin films has been demonstrated by different analytical techniques including UV -VIS spectroscopy, TEM and AFM. Keywords: C60 clusters, silica based thin film, microemulsion.