Exploring The Unique Properties of Nanofullerenes (The Third Form of Carbon and Graphene) in Nanoelectronics

Note: Fullerene is the third form of carbon, along with graphite and diamond, which has unique properties that make it suitable for resisting current in nanotransistors, organic nanophotovoltaics, nanosuperconductors, and nanosensors.

The unique properties of fullerenes enable a wide range of applications from nanoelectronics to medicine.  Fullerenes  can behave as superconductors through semiconductors and  are exceptional radical transporters.  The extreme durability, characteristic  can be easily used in current transport properties as a modification derivative, which has led to changes in their electronic structure, solubility and physical properties (structure).

Structure and structure of fullerenes in nature have five allotropes: diamond, graphite, nanotubes, amorphous carbon and fullerene, all of which are solid.  The basis of fullerenes is the sheets found in graphite, with the difference that in the atomic structure of fullerenes, instead of the regular hexagons found in graphite sheets, there is a series of regular hexagons and pentagons that are placed side by side in an alternating manner and form the fullerene sphere. The placement of these pentagons and hexagons together is essential to form a spherical structure. In fact, without the presence of pentagons in the structure of graphene, spherical structures cannot be obtained from graphene sheets.

Conclusion :

The first fullerene discovered was the buckyball;   most of the properties described about fullerenes are related to these two types, C70 and C60 .