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Inside Cover: A V‐Shaped Polyaromatic Amphiphile: Solubilization of Various Nanocarbons in Water and Enhanced Photostability (Chem. Eur. J. 36/2015)
Author(s) -
Kondo Kei,
Akita Munetaka,
Nakagawa Takafumi,
Matsuo Yutaka,
Yoshizawa Michito
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201583602
Subject(s) - tetracene , amphiphile , fullerene , carbon nanotube , coronene , materials science , aqueous solution , chemical engineering , dendrimer , nanotechnology , photochemistry , chemistry , polymer chemistry , anthracene , organic chemistry , molecule , polymer , composite material , engineering , copolymer
A new protocol for solubilizing various nanocarbons such as spherical fullerenes C n ( e.g. , n =60, 70, and 84), planar polyarenes ( e.g. , tetracene, coronene, and hexabenzocoronene), and cylindrical carbon nanotubes ( e.g. , SWCNTs and MWCNTs) in water through manual grinding with V‐shaped polyaromatic amphiphiles is described in the Full Paper by K. Kondo and M. Yoshizawa et al. on page 12741 ff. The obtained aqueous nanocomposites are composed of nanocarbons encircled by the polyaromatic panels of the amphiphiles through multiple aromatic–aromatic interactions. Notably, the encapsulated photosensitive nanocarbons, such as tetracene and fullerene dimer C 120 , exhibit high stability toward light.