Because nanotubes are generally prepared from their constituent elements at high temperatures, it is difficult to control their size, shape and electronic states. A bottom-up approach for the room-temperature fabrication of an assembly of infinite square-prism-shaped nanotubes with high tunability, using metal ions and organic molecules as building blocks, is now reported.
- Kazuya Otsubo
- Yusuke Wakabayashi
- Hiroshi Kitagawa
