C3.8 Fullerenes and Graphene

Question 1

Whats the possible medical application of fullerene cages?

Answer 1

• Used for drug delivery into the body
• For example used as ‘bucky mules’ to delivery drugs or radioactive atoms to treat cancer at very specific sites within the body.

Question 2

What are some properties of Fullerenes?

Answer 2

-high tensile strength to make composite and small,strong materials.
-high electrical conductivity and high thermal activity
(like bonding in graphite,delocalised electrons used which conduct electricity).

Question 3

What do fullerene diagrams look like?

Answer 3

A round hollow cage with all sorts of shapes around it on the outer area of it joined together.

Question 4

What do Graphene structure look like?

Answer 4

Very thin sheet,that goes on,with shapes and connected with spheres.

Question 5

What can Graphene do?

Answer 5

Because its thin and can take electricity it can turn into technology in the near future as chips can be developed on it.