Abstract
•Mesostructured fullerene (C60) is synthesized using polymeric reverse micelles.•C60 predominately can form charge transfer complex with pyridine group.•Self-assembly of C60-decorated micelles leads to mesostructured C60.•It is possible to synthesize mesostructural materials using molecular-level precursors.
Mesostructured fullerene (C60) film is synthesized using polymeric reverse micelles of poly(styrene-b-2-vinyl pyridine-b-ethylene oxide) (PS-b-PVP-b-PEO) triblock copolymer. Effective interaction between the electron donating pyridine units and electron accepting C60 is the driving force to form composite micelles. Mesostructured C60 with pore size of 20–25nm shows highly crystallized walls in which the lattice fringes are coherently extended across several mesopores.