| Autor: |
Leonhardt EJ; Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Materials Science Institute , University of Oregon , Eugene , Oregon 97403 , United States., Van Raden JM; Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Materials Science Institute , University of Oregon , Eugene , Oregon 97403 , United States., Miller D; Department of Physics, Materials Science Institute, Center for Optical, Molecular, and Quantum Science , University of Oregon , Eugene , Oregon 97403 , United States., Zakharov LN; CAMCOR - Center for Advanced Materials Characterization in Oregon , University of Oregon , Eugene , Oregon 97403 , United States., Alemán B; Department of Physics, Materials Science Institute, Center for Optical, Molecular, and Quantum Science , University of Oregon , Eugene , Oregon 97403 , United States., Jasti R; Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Materials Science Institute , University of Oregon , Eugene , Oregon 97403 , United States. |
| Abstrakt: |
Extended carbon nanostructures, such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs), exhibit remarkable properties but are difficult to synthesize uniformly. Herein, we present a new class of carbon nanomaterials constructed via the bottom-up self-assembly of cylindrical, atomically precise small molecules. Guided by supramolecular design principles and circle packing theory, we have designed and synthesized a fluorinated nanohoop that, in the solid state, self-assembles into nanotube-like arrays with channel diameters of precisely 1.63 nm. A mild solution-casting technique is then used to construct vertical "forests" of these arrays on a highly ordered pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) surface through epitaxial growth. Furthermore, we show that a basic property of nanohoops, fluorescence, is readily transferred to the bulk phase, implying that the properties of these materials can be directly altered via precise functionalization of their nanohoop building blocks. The strategy presented is expected to have broader applications in the development of new graphitic nanomaterials with π-rich cavities reminiscent of CNTs. |
