Self-Assembling Supramolecular Nanostructures from a C(60) Derivative: Nanorods and Vesicles.
Simple modification of solution conditions provides facile access to supramolecular fullerene nanostructures. The fullerene derivative shown self-assembles to give nanorods or vesicles. The nanorods have diameters of 10-250 nm, depending on the counterion, and lengths greater than 70 µm. If ultrasonication is used, no nanorods form, but vesicles result having diameters of 10-70 nm and wall thicknesses of 3-6 nm.
Cassell
AM
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208 (USA).
Asplund
CL
Tour
JM