Not peer-reviewed version Fullerene Nanowhiskers and

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Not peer-reviewed version
Fullerene Nanowhiskers and
Control Their Geometric
Dimensions
Sagdulla A Bakhramov
 , 
Urol K Makhmanov
*
, Bobirjon A Aslonov
Posted Date: 3 July 2023
doi: 10.20944/preprints202307.0121.v1
Keywords: C70 fullerene; evaporating drop; self-organization; nanostructure; filamentous whisker
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Article
Fullerene Nanowhiskers and Control Their 
Geometric Dimensions 
Sagdulla A. Bakhramov 
1
, Urol K. Makhmanov 
1, 2,
* and Bobirjon A. Aslonov 
1
 
1
Institute of Ion-Plasma and Laser Technologies, Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences, 100125, Tashkent, 
Uzbekistan; [e-mail] (S.A.B.); [e-mail] (B.A.A.) 
2
National University of Uzbekistan, 100174, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
* Correspondence: [e-mail]
Abstract: Semiconductor nanowhiskers, in particular, nanostructured whiskers based on zero-dimensional 
(0D) C
70
fullerene, are being actively discussed due to the great potential of their application in modern 
electronics. For the first time, we proposed and implemented a method for the synthesis of nanostructured C
70
fullerene whiskers based on the self-organization of C
70
molecules during thermal evaporation of C
70
droplets 
on the substrate surface. We found that the onset of the synthesis of C
70
nanowhiskers upon evaporation of 
drops of a C
70
solution in toluene on the substrate surface depends on the substrate temperature. We have 
provided experimental evidence that an increase in both the C
70
concentration in the initial drop and the 
substrate temperature leads to an increase in the geometric dimensions of C
70
nanowhiskers. The obtained 
results provide useful vision on the role of solute concentration and substrate temperature in the synthesis of 
one-dimensional materials.