In this experiment, the color of the C60 solution in both the toluene and xylene solvents turned purple, and it was a darker purple in the TCE (Trichloroethylene), as seen in Figure 2.
The same purple color was seen in the toluene and xylene solvents possibly due to the similar structure of these two solvents consisting of a benzene ring and methyl group.
Therefore, because the solute-solvent interactions might be different, the solvent induces different optical characteristics of the C60 solutions….
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/chem-2019-0117.
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