Journal of Membrane Science, Vol.91, No.3, 259-264, 1994
Photoinduced Electron-Transfer Properties of Porous Polymer Membranes Doped with the Fullerene C(60) Associated with Phospholipids
The vast range of possible applications for fullerenes makes them interesting compounds, either as materials or as substances able to confer on other materials their physicochemical properties. Porous polymer membranes were modified by the incorporation Of C60 concomitantly with amphipathic molecules (phospholipids). These membranes had the same photoconducting properties, by electron transfer, as those already described for bilayer lipid membranes incorporating C60. They present the advantage of an uncomparably greater mechanical stability in comparison with their ultrathin homologues.