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Fluorescent elongated nanotapes and nearly monodispersed short submicrotubes were successfully prepared in a controlled manner from two tailor-made pi-conjugated organic building blocks 1 and 2, respectively in dichloromethane solvent via a supramolecular self-assembly approach.
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