title: Templating fullerenes by domain boundaries of a nanoporous network.
abstract: We present a new templating approach that combines the templating properties of nanoporous networks with the dynamic properties and the lattice mismatch of domain boundaries. This templating approach allows for the inclusion of guests with different sizes without the need for a strict molecular design to tailor the nanoporous network. With this approach, nonperiodic patterns of functional molecules can be formed and studied. We show that domain boundaries in a trimesic acid network are preferred over pores within the network as adsorption sites for fullerenes by a factor of 100-200. Pristine fullerenes of different sizes and functionalized fullerenes were templated in this way.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
authors.forename: Duncan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: den Boer
authors.forename: Ggoch Ddeul
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Timothy M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Swager
mesh_terms: D037741:Fullerenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D010316:Particle Size; D016062:Porosity; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D037741:Fullerenes