Fullerenes are a molecular form of carbon allotrope and bear certain solubility, which allow
the supramolecular assembly of fullerene molecules—also together with other …

Xylene mixtures and the three individual isomers are valuable chemical feedstocks in the
chemical industry. Separation of these isomers is a pressing challenge due to their …

Molecular rotors have played an important role in recent materials chemistry. Although
several studies on functional materials containing molecular rotors have been reported for …

Doped carbon allotropes are promising materials for use in a range of applications in energy
harvesting and gas adsorption. Synthesis of multifunctional C is however challenging as it …

Owing to the often-similar physical and chemical properties of structural isomers of organic
molecules, large efforts have been made to develop efficient strategies to isolate specific …

In its crystalline state, a dinuclear Cu-based metallocycle discriminates between the three
isomers of xylene with liquid-phase selectivity in the order p-xylene≫ m-xylene≫ o-xylene …

Supramolecular assembly can be used to construct a wide variety of ordered structures by
exploiting the cumulative effects of multiple noncovalent interactions. However, the …

The separation of xylene isomers is one of the most challenging tasks in the petrochemical
industry. Herein, we developed an efficient adsorptive molecular sieving strategy using …

As a superstar organic semiconductor, fullerene (C60) is versatile in nature for its multiple
photoelectric applications. However, owing to its natural 0D structure, a challenge still …

Here we report the synthesis of new mesoporous crystalline fullerene (C70) cubes (MCFCs)
at a liquid–liquid interface between tert-butyl alcohol (TBA) and a solution of C70 in …