APPLICATIONS OF FULLERENES

Metal industry:
The introduction of fullerenes in aluminum, duralumin, etc., allows you to radically change the properties of materials, increase strength by more than 2 times, increase fluidity, thereby opening up new areas of application, such as aircraft, automotive, lightweight structures for spaceships.

Polymers:
Modifiers created on the basis of fullerenes change the structure of polymers and their characteristics, increasing antistatic, anti-friction effects and reducing the combustibility of the material. These materials are designed for heavy-duty applications such as mining, mechanical engineering, etc.

Cosmetics:
The use of cosmetics with fullerene contributes to the effective fight against all signs of skin aging, long-term deep hydration of the skin and preserving its youth.

Pharmacology:
Fullerenes can also be used in pharmacology to create new drugs. Drugs for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus HIV, allergic inflammation, and prevention of viral diseases.

Photo elements (energy technologies):
Also, fullerenes and their various chemical derivatives are used in combination with polysoupled semiconducting polymers for the manufacture of solar panels.

Batteries and electric batteries:
The introduction of fullerenes into the battery's injection mold increases the battery life and charge by up to 30%.

Motor oils and lubricants:
It should be noted that the presence of fullerene C60 in mineral lubricants initiates the formation of a protective fullerene-polymer film with a thickness of 100 nm on the countertel surfaces. The resulting film protects against thermal and oxidative degradation, increases the lifetime of friction units in emergency situations by 3-8 times, the thermal stability of lubricants up to 400-500 °C and the bearing capacity of friction units by 2-3 times, extends the operating pressure range of friction units by 1.5-2 times.

Paints and epoxy resins:
Fullerenes have been used as additives in intumescent (bulging) fire-retardant paints. Due to the introduction of fullerenes, the paint under the influence of temperature during a fire swells, a sufficiently dense foam layer is formed, which several times increases the heating time to the critical temperature of the protected structures. When the modifier was introduced into the epoxy resin, there was an improvement in the impact resistance, Flammability, and tensile properties from 10% to 20%, depending on the volume of the modifier being introduced.