Supramolecular Differentiation for Construction of Anisotropic Fullerene Nanostructures by Time-Programmed Control of Interfacial Growth

Supramolecular assembly can be used to construct a wide variety of ordered structures by exploiting the cumulative effects of multiple noncovalent interactions. However, the construction of anisotropic nanostructures remains subject to some limitations. Here, we demonstrate the preparation of anisot...

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Published inACS nano Vol. 10; no. 9; pp. 8796 - 8802
Main Authors Bairi, Partha, Minami, Kosuke, Hill, Jonathan P, Nakanishi, Waka, Shrestha, Lok Kumar, Liu, Chao, Harano, Koji, Nakamura, Eiichi, Ariga, Katsuhiko
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States American Chemical Society 27.09.2016
Subjects
self-assembly
nanostructure
fullerenes
carbon nanostructures
liquid−liquid interface
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Summary:Supramolecular assembly can be used to construct a wide variety of ordered structures by exploiting the cumulative effects of multiple noncovalent interactions. However, the construction of anisotropic nanostructures remains subject to some limitations. Here, we demonstrate the preparation of anisotropic fullerene-based nanostructures by supramolecular differentiation, which is the programmed control of multiple assembly strategies. We have carefully combined interfacial assembly and local phase separation phenomena. Two fullerene derivatives, PhH and C12H, were together formed into self-assembled anisotropic nanostructures by using this approach. This technique is applicable for the construction of anisotropic nanostructures without requiring complex molecular design or complicated methodology.
ISSN:1936-0851
1936-086X
DOI:10.1021/acsnano.6b04535