title: Supramolecular Differentiation for Construction of Anisotropic Fullerene Nanostructures by Time-Programmed Control of Interfacial Growth.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: World Premier International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Material Science (NIMS) , 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan.
authors.forename: Partha
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bairi
authors.affiliation: World Premier International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Material Science (NIMS) , 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan.
authors.forename: Kosuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Minami
authors.affiliation: World Premier International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Material Science (NIMS) , 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan.
authors.forename: Jonathan P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.affiliation: World Premier International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Material Science (NIMS) , 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan.
authors.forename: Waka
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Nakanishi
authors.affiliation: World Premier International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Material Science (NIMS) , 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan.
authors.forename: Lok Kumar
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Shrestha
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo , 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo , 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Harano
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo , 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
authors.forename: Eiichi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.affiliation: World Premier International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Material Science (NIMS) , 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan.
authors.forename: Katsuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ariga
keywords: carbon nanostructures; fullerenes; liquid−liquid interface; nanostructure; self-assembly