Water-soluble nanorods self-assembled via pristine C60 and porphyrin moieties

M. Fathalla, S.-C. Li, U. Diebold, A. Alb, J. Jayawickramarajah

Department of Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, U.S.A.
Department of Physics, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, U.S.A.

Chem. Commun. 2009, 4209-4211

A novel water-soluble nanorod is discussed, which is prepared via the self-assembly of pristine C60 and a double-sided porphyrin projecting four beta-cyclodextrins from each face.

Reprints available from U. Diebold (diebold at iap_tuwien_ac_at).

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