Supramolecular Self-assembly of [60]Fullerenes

Supramolecular self-assembly is a significant strategy to develop supramolecular electronics.With the rapid development of nanoscience and nanotechnology,self-assembly technology has successfully been developed and applied for tuning of dimension,morphology and function of nanomaterials.As a key methodology for construction of of 1D,2D or 3D well-defined functional nanostructures in molecular level and high ordered molecular aggregation,it pushes deeper study on optical,electronic,magnetic molecular materials and functional nanomaterials.In this paper,the fundamental studies and applications of supramolecular self-assembly,especially,design and synthesis of fullerene derivatives for benefiting self-organization and self-assembly which involve controllable supramolecular self-assembly with special structures;optical physical process in the aggregation structure of fullerene molecules;electronic and energy transfer in supramolecules were reviewed.Generally,π-rich compounds and macrocyclic host molecules,such as porphyrins,TTFs,corannulenes and calixarenes,were developed to incorporate fullerene.Hydrogen-bonding,π-π interaction,electrostatic effects,Van der Waals force and metal-coordination,etc.were used individually or jointly to construct self-assemble nanostructures.