Kinetics of cluster growth in polar solutions of fullerene: Experimental and theoretical study of C60/NMP solution

► Kinetics of slow growth of large fullerene clusters in C60/NMP are studied. ► Kinetic equations obtained are based on classical approach of nucleation and growth. ► Influence of C60-NMP complex formation on cluster growth is introduced in equations. ► Evolution of CSD, mean cluster size and concentrations of fractions is obtained. ► Model parameters for agreement with experiment have been evaluated.