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On demand synthesis of hollow fullerene nanostructures

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  • Fei Han

    (Nanjing Tech University
    Nanyang Technological University)

  • Ruoxu Wang

    (Nanyang Technological University)

  • Yuhua Feng

    (Nanjing Tech University
    Nanyang Technological University)

  • Shaoyan Wang

    (Nanyang Technological University)

  • Lingmei Liu

    (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)

  • Xinghua Li

    (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)

  • Yu Han

    (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)

  • Hongyu Chen

    (Nanjing Tech University
    Nanyang Technological University)

Abstract

Hollow nanostructures are widely used in chemistry, materials, bioscience, and medicine, but their fabrication remains a great challenge. In particular, there is no effective strategy for their assembly and interconnection. We bring pottery, the oldest and simplest method of fabricating hollow containers, into the nanoscale. By exploiting the liquid nature of the xylene template, fullerene hollow nanostructures of tailored shapes, such as bowls, bottles, and cucurbits, are readily synthesized. The liquid templates permit stepwise and versatile manipulation and hence, modular assembly of nodes and junctions leads to interconnected hollow systems. As a proof-of-concept, we create multi-compartment nano-containers, with different nanoparticles isolated in the separate pockets. This methodology expands the synthetic freedom for hollow nanostructures, building a bridge from isolated hollow units to interconnected hollow systems.

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  • Fei Han & Ruoxu Wang & Yuhua Feng & Shaoyan Wang & Lingmei Liu & Xinghua Li & Yu Han & Hongyu Chen, 2019. "On demand synthesis of hollow fullerene nanostructures," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 10(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:10:y:2019:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-019-09545-8
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-09545-8
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