The chapters address two major challenges for readers. First, chapters present material for disclosing and predicting the properties and behavior of fullerenes in various liquid environments. Second, the book offers valuable insights for those interested in studying and teaching colloid chemistry, introducing a wide field of activity with these new objects, fullerenes. Dive deep into the molecular and colloidal states of C60, C70, and related compounds as they are studied in a range of solvents--from low polarity and polar organic solvents to water and aqueous surfactant solutions. Special emphasis is placed on the unique properties of fullerene solutions in 'good solvents, ' alongside innovative methods for preparing fullerene sols and suspensions in both water and organic solvents. Additionally, the text evaluates the applicability of classical colloid science principles to these novel nanocarbon systems.

Colloid and Solution Chemistry of Fullerenes: Formation, Properties, and Stability of Fullerene-Based Liquid Systems is an essential resource for understanding the complex world of fullerenes in liquid media, written primarily for chemists and physicists who work in nanoscience (especially nanocarbon science), chemical thermodynamics (phase transitions), solution chemistry (theory of solubility and solvation), colloid chemistry (colloid synthesis and colloid stability), chemical engineering and materials science.