Mesostructured fullerene crystals through inverse polymeric micelle assembly
Authors
Bishnu Prasad Bastakoti, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
Yunqi Li, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
Sudhina Guragain, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
Yoshio Bando, National Institute For Materials Science, University of WollongongFollow
Amanullah Fatehmulla, King Saud University
W Aslam Farooq, King Saud University
Md. Shahriar Al Hossain, University of Wollongong, National Institute for Materials Science, JapanFollow
Md Tofazzal Islam, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University
Lok Kumar Shrestha, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
Yusuke Yamauchi, University of Wollongong, National Institute for Materials Science, JapanFollow
Abstract
Mesostructured fullerene (C 60 ) 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 C 60 is the driving force to form composite micelles. Mesostructured C 60 with pore size of 20-25 nm shows highly crystallized walls in which the lattice fringes are coherently extended across several mesopores.
Grant Number
ARC/FT150100479
Publication Details
Bastakoti, B. Prasad., Li, Y., Guragain, S., Bando, Y., Fatehmulla, A., Farooq, W. Aslam., Hossain, M. A., Islam, M., Shrestha, L. Kumar. & Yamauchi, Y. (2017). Mesostructured fullerene crystals through inverse polymeric micelle assembly. Materials Letters, 209 272-275.