Conclusion & executive summary

The research activity on buckminsterfullerene (C60) and other soluble functionalized fullerenes in the last few decades has been extraordinary. A host of physical and chemical properties of these materials have now been established, and their potential applications in several areas are now apparent. In biomedical applications, functionalized fullerenes have been studied in different in vitro and in vivo studies and have shown promising effects as anti-cancer and antimicrobial (bacteria, fungus and virus) nanomedicines. Fullerenes have been widely studied in recent years as potential PS that could mediate PDT of diverse diseases. Most of these reports have been confined to in...