(1) Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Universitè di Trieste, Piazzale Europa, 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy;(2) CMRO-CNR, Dipartimento di Chimica Organica, Universitè di Padova, Via Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, Italy
Abstract:
We report on the synthesis of fullerene derivatives containing a trialkoxysilane moiety that exhibit enhanced solubility in solvents commonly used for sol-gel processing. These derivatives have been successfully embedded in glassy bulk samples and thin films that show very promising optical limiting properties.