Anisotropic molecular packing of soluble C60 fullerenes in hexagonal nanocrystals obtained by solvent vapor annealing

Renato Colle; Giuseppe Grosso; Alberto Ronzani; Massimo Gazzano; Vincenzo Palermo

doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2011.11.003

Anisotropic molecular packing of soluble C₆₀ fullerenes in hexagonal nanocrystals obtained by solvent vapor annealing

Renato Colle^*
, Giuseppe Grosso
, Alberto Ronzani
, Massimo Gazzano
, Vincenzo Palermo^*

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We describe the self-assembly of soluble, chemically modified fullerene [6,6]-phenyl C ₆₁ butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) into a new crystalline phase where the C ₆₀ moieties are arranged in parallel layers. Minimum C ₆₀ center-to-center distance is 10 within the layers, and up to 15 perpendicular to the layers. Highly anisotropic, mesoscopic hexagonal crystals of this material, with a lateral size of many microns and a thickness below 1 µm, are obtained from chloroform solution by solvent vapor annealing, and characterized by optical microscopy and X-ray diffraction. The crystalline structure is deduced combining experimental data with molecular modeling and ab initio calculations. The large difference in C ₆₀-C ₆₀ spacing indicates a high anisotropy in electrical and charge transport properties of this new phase.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1332-1337
Journal	Carbon
Volume	50
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2011.11.003
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2012
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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This work was supported by the European Science Foundation (ESF) under the EUROCORES Program EuroGRAPHENE (GOSPEL) and the EC Marie-Curie ITN-GENIUS (PITN-GA-2010-264694). Appendix A

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