[HTML][HTML] Fullerene: biomedical engineers get to revisit an old friend

S Goodarzi, T Da Ros, J Conde, F Sefat, M Mozafari - Materials Today, 2017 - Elsevier
In 1985, the serendipitous discovery of fullerene triggered the research of carbon structures
into the world of symmetric nanomaterials. Consequently, Robert F. Curl, Harold W. Kroto …

Endohedral fullerenes

AA Popov, S Yang, L Dunsch - Chemical reviews, 2013 - ACS Publications
One of the attractive properties of the hollow carbon clusters, known as fullerenes, is the
possibility to use them as robust containers for other species. Although an IUPAC …

[HTML][HTML] Applications of functionalized fullerenes in tumor theranostics

Z Chen, L Ma, Y Liu, C Chen - Theranostics, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Functionalized fullerenes with specific physicochemical properties have been developed for
cancer diagnosis and therapy. Notably, metallofullerene is a new class of magnetic …

Fullerenes for applications in biology and medicine

P Anilkumar, F Lu, L Cao, PG Luo… - Current medicinal …, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com
Fullerenes as a unique class of carbon allotropes have been studied extensively for their
distinctive material properties and potential technological applications, including those in …

Functional gadofullerene nanoparticles trigger robust cancer immunotherapy based on rebuilding an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment

L Li, M Zhen, H Wang, Z Sun, W Jia, Z Zhao, C Zhou… - Nano Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
Cancer immunotherapy as a novel cancer therapeutic strategy has shown enormous
promise. However, the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (ITM) is a primary …

Chemistry of endohedral metallofullerenes: the role of metals

X Lu, T Akasaka, S Nagase - Chemical Communications, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Recent breakthroughs achieved in the chemical functionalization of endohedral
metallofullerenes (EMFs), especially single crystallographic X-ray characterizations of their …

Structurally Defined Water‐Soluble Metallofullerene Derivatives towards Biomedical Applications

Y Li, R Biswas, WP Kopcha, T Dubroca… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Endohedral metallofullerenes (EMFs) are excellent carriers of rare‐earth element (REE)
ions in biomedical applications because they preclude the release of toxic metal ions …

Functional metallofullerene materials and their applications in nanomedicine, magnetics, and electronics

T Wang, C Wang - Small, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Endohedral metallofullerenes exhibit combined properties from carbon cages as well as
internal metal moieties and have great potential in a wide range of applications as molecule …

Facile Preparation of a New Gadofullerene-Based Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agent with High 1H Relaxivity

C Shu, FD Corwin, J Zhang, Z Chen, JE Reid… - Bioconjugate …, 2009 - ACS Publications
A new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent based on the trimetallic nitride
templated (TNT) metallofullerene Gd3N@ C80 was synthesized by a facile method in high …

High Relaxivity Trimetallic Nitride (Gd3N) Metallofullerene MRI Contrast Agents with Optimized Functionality

J Zhang, PP Fatouros, C Shu, J Reid… - Bioconjugate …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Water-soluble poly (ethylene glycol)(PEG) functionalized and hydroxylated endohedral
trimetallic nitride metallofullerene derivatives, Gd3N@ C80 [DiPEG (OH) x], have been …