title: Low-temperature preparation of tailored carbon nanostructures in water.
abstract: The development of low-temperature carbonization procedures promises to provide novel nanostructured carbon materials that are of high current interest in materials science and technology. Here, we report a "wet-chemical" carbonization method that utilizes hexayne amphiphiles as metastable carbon precursors. Nearly perfect control of the nanoscopic morphology was achieved by self-assembly of the precursors into colloidal aggregates with tailored diameter in water. Subsequent carbonization furnished carbon nanocapsules with a carbon microstructure resembling graphite-like amorphous carbon materials.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Materials, Laboratory of Macromolecular and Organic Materials, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) EPFL - STI - IMX - LMOM, MXG 037, Station 12, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Szilluweit
authors.forename: Tobias N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Hoheisel
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fritzsche
authors.forename: Bernt
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ketterer
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fontcuberta i Morral
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Demurtas
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Laporte
authors.forename: René
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Verel
authors.forename: Sreenath
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bolisetty
authors.forename: Raffaele
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mezzenga
authors.forename: Holger
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Frauenrath