Organic fractal nano-dimensional structures based on fullerene C₆₀

Abstract

The ways for a synthesis of nanoporous and close-packed types of fullerene C₆₀ aggregates in two-component organic solvents (toluene + tetrahydrofuran) were established as well as their structural and dimensional features - were studied by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy and atomic-force microscopy methods. The physical features and regularities that characterize the processes of self-organization of fullerene molecules in the initial molecular solution were determined. The method for producing nanoscale fullerene C₆₀ fractal coatings (thickness up to ∼1200 nm) on a flat dielectric glass surface was proposed.

Keywords:

• Fullerene C60
• solvent
• self-assembles
• TEM
• fractal
• AFM
• nanocoating

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by the Academy Sciences of Uzbekistan under the fundamental Grant No. OT-F2-51.