Active oxygen radical scavenging ability of water-soluble fullerenols

THE bioactivity study of C60 and its relative derivatives is of considerable importance.BecauseC60 itself is a non-polar molecule and very difficult to dissolve in common polar solvents,its ap-plication in biochemistry field is greatly impeded.Successful preparation of some water-solubleC60 derivatives will be helpful.Friedman found that a water-soluble C60 derivative,[HOCO-

Fullerenol-containing Materials Derived by Sol-gel Processing

Water soluble fullerenols were synthesized and incorporated in SiO2, SiO2-TiO2, GPTMS-SiO2, GPTMS-ATPS inorganic and organic-inorganic materials by sol-gel processes. The maximum concentrations of C60(OH)n and C70(OH)n in the obtained SiO2 gels were estimated to be about 0.6% and 1.5% in weight, respectively. The characteristics of the UV/visible spectra of fullerenols in H2O and various gels were measured and compared. The thermal stability of fullerenols in gels was investigated with differential thermal analysis (DTA). The results indicate that the absorption features of fullerenols in solid gels are similar to those in H2O and the fullerenols in SiO2 are stable at 400℃. The optical limiting effect of the fullerenols was investigated preliminarily.

Response to Applied Voltage to Polyurethane Soft Actuators with Loaded Weights

We are investigating a polymer soft actuator using a poly urethane elastomer film that bends by an applied voltage, which is based on the electrostriction. In this article, the bending magnitude was studied in a weight-loaded condition. It was found that the thinner film can bend the more without any load, but that the film of 200-μm thickness gave the largest bending when weights were loaded. The thickness of some degree is critical for large bending torque.

Electrode Effects on Polyurethane Soft Actuator

A polymer soft actuator is under investigation using a poly urethane elastomer film that bends by means of an applied voltage, which is based on the electrostriction. Bending experiments were performed under different metal electrodes deposited the both sides of the film. Even if the thickness of the both electrodes?is the same, the metal of the both electrodes?is desirable to be the same to bend more. It is suggested that the balance of the physical properties of the both metal is critical for larger bending.

The Effect of Fullerenol Combined with Cisplatin on the Proliferation of Cervical Cancer HeLa Cells

This study aimed to investigate the effect of fullerenol combined with cisplatin on the proliferation of cervical cancer HeLa cells in order to provide new ideas and laboratory theoretical basis for the clinical treatment of cervical cancer. Cervical cancer cell line HeLa cells in vitro were treated with different concentrations of fullerenol, different concentrations of cisplatin, and different concentrations of fullerenol combined with cisplatin, after 24 h, 48 h, 72 h, microscope changes in cell morphology;MTT assay was used to determine the effect of drugs on the proliferation of HeLa cells. Fullerenol and cisplatin alone can inhibit the proliferation of HeLa cells in a dose-dependent and time-dependent manner;compared with cisplatin alone, different concentrations of fullerenol combined with cisplatin significantly increased the apoptosis rate of HeLa cells (P < 0.05). The inhibition of fullerenol combined with cisplatin on HeLa cells in vitro is more significant, resulting in a stronger anti-cancer effect.

Efficient and Convenient Preparation of Water-Soluble Fullerenol

An efficient and convenient preparation of fullerenols was described. With polyethylene glycol (PEG) 400 as catalyst, fullerenols were conveniently synthesized via the direct reaction of fullerene with aqueous NaOH. By con-trol of reaction conditions, either water-soluble C60 fullerenol or water-insoluble C60 fullerenol could be obtained selectively.

Synergistic Effect of Phosphite with Fullerene C_(60) and Fullerenol C_(60)(OH)_(24) as Antioxidants in Polypropylene

Polypropylene samples with fullerene C60, fullerenol C60（OH）24, 1010, C60/168, C60-OH/168 and 1010/168 as antioxidants were prepared by extrusions. MFR, YI, TGA and OIT of all the samples were tested. According to the results of MFR, during the melt extrusion, fullerene showed excellent stability effect on PP. The antioxidative ability of fullerene was comparable to the traditional antioxidant 1010. The antioxidative ability of fullerenol was not significant in the first extrusion and it accelerated the degradation of PP in the second and the third extrusions. TGA and OIT tests showed that the stability effects of fullerene and fullerenol were slightly lower than antioxidant 1010. In the first time, antioxidant 168 was reported to show great synergistic effects with fullerene and fullerenol as antioxidants, which sussested a simple way to enhance the antioxidative abilities of fullerene and fullerenol.