Mesostructured fullerene crystals through inverse polymeric micelle assembly

  • Bishnu P Bastakoti
  • , Yunqi Li
  • , Sudhina Guragain
  • , Yoshio Bando
  • , Amanullah Fatehmulla
  • , W. Aslam Farooq
  • , Md. Shahriar A. Hossain
  • , Md. Tofazzal Islam
  • , Lok Kumar Shrestha
  • , Yusuke Yamauchi

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Abstract

Mesostructured fullerene (C60) film is synthesized using polymeric reverse micelles of poly(styrene-b-2-vinyl pyridine-b-ethylene oxide) (PS-b-PVP-b-PEO) triblock copolymer. Effective interaction between the electron donating pyridine units and electron accepting C60 is the driving force to form composite micelles. Mesostructured C60 with pore size of 20–25 nm shows highly crystallized walls in which the lattice fringes are coherently extended across several mesopores.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)272-275
Number of pages4
JournalMaterials Letters
Volume209
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 15 2017

Keywords

  • Fullerene
  • Mesostructured materials
  • Polymeric reverse micelles
  • Triblock copolymer

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