The critical effect of solvent geometry on the determination of fullerene (C-60) self-assembly into dot, wire and disk structures

Geometrically defined C-60 self-assembled disks, wires and dots have been systematically obtained via a solution drop-drying process at room temperature; during this process, we discovered that there is a critical correlation between the geometry of the solvent and the final geometry of the self-assembled C-60 structure.