Ordering Fullerene Materials at Nanometer Dimensions
- 23 November 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Accounts of Chemical Research
- Vol. 38 (1), 38-43
- https://doi.org/10.1021/ar040222s
Abstract
The combination of the hydrophobic fullerene core with hydrophilic functional groups of both ionic and nonionic nature produces organized structures with sizes that range from nanometer to micrometer length scales. The driving force toward this spontaneous organization is the amphiphilic character of the fullerene derivatives. To control both shape and size of the supramolecular assemblies and ultimately their function, important parameters that must be tuned are (i) the balance between the hydrophobic and the hydrophilic moieties, (ii) the effect of the environment, typically provided by simple solvents, (iii) the interface on which the aggregation occurs or, more precisely, surface templating effects, and (iv) the solvation process.Keywords
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