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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Volume 10, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
NATURE RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-65117-7
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- Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation [FIS2014-54734-P]
- Generalitat de Catalunya [2014 SGR-581]
- Ubbo Emmius Program
- IKY Foundation [MIS 5001552]
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A facile, environment-friendly, versatile and reproducible approach to the successful oxidation of fullerenes (oxC(60)) and the formation of highly hydrophilic fullerene derivatives is introduced. This synthesis relies on the widely known Staudenmaier's method for the oxidation of graphite, to produce both epoxy and hydroxy groups on the surface of fullerenes (C-60) and thereby improve the solubility of the fullerene in polar solvents (e.g. water). The presence of epoxy groups allows for further functionalization via nucleophilic substitution reactions to generate new fullerene derivatives, which can potentially lead to a wealth of applications in the areas of medicine, biology, and composite materials. In order to justify the potential of oxidized C-60 derivatives for bio-applications, we investigated their cytotoxicity in vitro as well as their utilization as support in biocatalysis applications, taking the immobilization of laccase for the decolorization of synthetic industrial dyes as a trial case.
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