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3. Carbon Nanomaterials: Graphene, Fullerenes and Nanocarbons

Carbon nanomaterials are an important class of substances with great potential in a wide variety of applications. These include as electronic or optical materials, materials for photovoltaic applications and also as porous substances for materials’ sequestration, for instance, for environmental remediation.

Graphene Composites

Graphene-ionic liquid composites have been developed for sensing applications.

Graphene-ioinc liquid nanocomposite for differentiating aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons.

Fullerene C₆₀ Nanostructures

Fullerenes (e.g. C₆₀, C₇₀, nanotubes, etc.) are of great potential from the point-of-view of their electronic properties or, due to their nanometric dimensions, as nanomaterials. We, in collaboration with the Fullerene Engineering Group at NIMS, have been preparing a variety of forms of fullerene with potential applications in electronics and materials adsorption.

Forming fullerene nanostructures: solvent engineering of fullerene nanosheets (top left), liquid-liquid interfacial precipitation for porous fullerene nanosheets (bottom left) and decompositional synthesis of nanomaterials (right).

Porous Nanocarbons

Carbon nanocage for perfect materials’ separations. Solution containing a (usually unretained) dyestuff is purified by passing through carbon nanocgae but not through other common carbon-based adsorbents. — Carbon nanocage for perfect materials’ separations. Solution containing a
(usually unretained) dyestuff is purified by passing through carbon
nanocgae but not through other common carbon-based adsorbents.

Apart from the porous fullerene described above, various porous nanocarbons can be prepared for applications in materials adsorption, sensing or filtration.

Related publications

L. K. Shrestha, Y. Yamauchi, J. P. Hill, K. Miyazawa and K. Ariga. “Fullerene Crystals with Bimodal Pore Architectures Consisting of Macropores and Mesopores” J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2013) 135, 586–589. [Link ]
L. K. Shresthra, M. Sathish, J. P. Hill, K. Miyazawa, T. Tsuruoka, N. Sanchez-Ballester, I. Honma, Q. Ji, and K. Ariga. “Alcohol-induced Supertopotactic Rearrangement of Olmstead’s Crystalline Ag(I)-Fullerene Heteronanostructure” J. Mater. Chem. C (2013) 1, 1174–1181. [Link ]
L. K. Shrestha, J. P. Hill, T. Tsuruoka, K. Miyazawa and K. Ariga. “Surfactant-assisted Assembly of Fullerene (C₆₀) Nanorods and Nanotubes formed at Liquid-Liquid Interface” Langmuir (2013) 29, 7195–7202. [Link ]
Y. Kosaki, H. Izawa, S. Ishihara, K. Kawakami, M. Sumita, Y. Tateyama, Q. Ji, V. Krishnan, S. Hishita, Y. Yamauchi, J. P. Hill, A. Vinu, S. Shiratori and K. Ariga. "Nanoporous Carbon Sensor with Cage-in-Fibre Structure: Highly-Selective Aniline Adsorbent toward Cancer Risk Management" ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces (2013) 5, 2930–2934. [Link ]
S. Malik, A. Vijayaraghavan, R. Erni, K. Ariga, I. Khalakhan and J. P. Hill. “A Chemist’s Method for making Pure Clean Graphene” in GraphITA 2011: Selected papers from the Workshop on Fundamentals and Applications of Graphene (Carbon Nanostructures) Springer Berlin Heidelberg; (2012) 129–136. [Link ]
L. K. Shrestha, J. P. Hill, K. Miyazawa and K. Ariga. “Mixing Antisolvents Induced Modulation in the Morphology of Crystalline C₆₀” J. Nanosci. Nanotechol. (2012) 12, 6380–6384. [Link ]
K. Ariga, Q. Ji, J. P. Hill, Y. Bando and M. Aono. “Forming Nanomaterials as Layered Functional Structures towards Materials Nanoarchitectonics” NPG Asia Mater. (2012) 4, e17. [Link ]
K. Ariga, S. Ishihara, H. Abe, M. Li and J. P. Hill. “Materials Nanoarchitectonics for Environmental Remediation and Sensing” J. Mater. Chem. (2012) 22, 2369–2377. [Link ]
Q. Ji, I. Honma, S.-M. Paek, M. Akada, J. P. Hill, A. Vinu and K. Ariga. “Layer-by-Layer Films of Graphene and Ionic Liquids for Highly Selective Gas Sensing” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (2010) 49, 9737–9739. [Link ]
S. Malik, A. Vijayaraghavan, R. Erni, K. Ariga, I. Khalakhan and J. P. Hill. “High Purity Graphene by a Chemical Intercalation Method” Nanoscale (2010) 2, 2139–2143. [Link ]
Q. Ji, S.-B. Yoon, J. P. Hill, A. Vinu, J.-S. Yu and K. Ariga. “Layer-by-Layer Films of Dual-Pore Carbon Capsules with Designable Selectivity of Gas Adsorption” J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2009) 131, 4220–4221. [Link ]
M. Sathish, K. Miyazawa, J. P. Hill and K. Ariga. “Solvent Engineering for Shape-Shifter Pure Fullerene (C₆₀)” J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2009) 131, 6372–6373. [Link ]
K. Ariga, A. Vinu, Q. Ji, O. Ohmori, J. P. Hill, S. Acharya, J. Koike and S. Shiratori. “A Layered Mesoporous Carbon Sensor Based on Nanopore-Filling Cooperative Adsorption in the Liquid Phase” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (2008) 47, 7254–7257. [Link ]
K. Ariga, A. Vinu, M. Miyahara, J. P. Hill and T. Mori. “One-Pot Separation of Tea Components through Selective Adsorption on Pore-Engineered Nanocarbon: Carbon Nanocage” J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2007) 129, 11022–11023. [Link ]
T. Michinobu, T. Nakanishi, J. P. Hill, M. Funahashi and K. Ariga. “Room Temperature Liquid Fullerenes: An Unexplored Morphology of C₆₀ Derivative” J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2006) 128, 10384–10385. [Link ]