Rubrene-Directed Structural Transformation of Fullerene (C60) Microsheets to Nanorod Arrays with Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Properties.

ABSTRACT: One-dimensional (1D) nanostructures possess huge potential in electronics and optoelectronics, but the axial alignment of such 1D structures is still a challenging task. Herein, we report a simple method that enables two-dimensional (2D) C60 microsheets to evolve into highly ordered nanorod arrays using rubrene as a structure-directing agent. The structural transformation is accomplished by adding droplets of rubrene-m-xylene solution onto C60 microsheets and allowing the m-xylene solvent to evaporate naturally. In sharp contrast, when rubrene is absent from m-xylene, randomly oriented C60 nanorods are produced. Spectroscopic and microscopic characterizations collectively indicate a rather plausible transformation mechanism that the close lattice match allows the epitaxial growth of rubren

SUBMITTER: Chen N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8953273 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature