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Shortest Double‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes Composed of Cycloparaphenylenes
Author(s) -
Hashimoto Sigma,
Iwamoto Takahiro,
Kurachi Daisuke,
Kayahara Eiichi,
Yamago Shigeru
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
chempluschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.801
H-Index - 61
ISSN - 2192-6506
DOI - 10.1002/cplu.201700263
Subject(s) - chemistry , van der waals force , ternary operation , carbon nanotube , cover (algebra) , ternary complex , group (periodic table) , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , molecule , materials science , mechanical engineering , enzyme , computer science , engineering , programming language
Invited for this month's cover is the group of Prof. Dr. Shigeru Yamago at the Kyoto University (Japan). The image shows the host–guest possibilities of cycloparaphenylenes (CPPs) of different sizes. Size selective interaction between [n]CPP and [n+5]CPP affords a host–guest complex, [n+5]CPP⊃[n]CPP, which is the shortest double‐walled armchair carbon nanotube. The size‐selective complex formation illustrates the importance of van der Waals interactions. A ternary complex, [15]CPP⊃[10]CPP⊃C 60 , also forms from [15]CPP, [10]CPP, and C 60 . Read the full text of the article at 10.1002/cplu.201700097.