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Carbon Nanomaterials: Unique Tube–Ring Interactions: Complexation of Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Cycloparaphenyleneacetylenes (Small 26/2018)
Author(s) -
Miki Koji,
Saiki Kenzo,
Umeyama Tomokazu,
Baek Jinseok,
Noda Takeru,
Imahori Hiroshi,
Sato Yuta,
Suenaga Kazu,
Ohe Kouichi
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201870120
Subject(s) - carbon nanotube , materials science , nanotechnology , nanomaterials , carbon fibers , ring (chemistry) , carbon nanobud , tube (container) , supramolecular chemistry , nanoring , chemical engineering , composite material , optical properties of carbon nanotubes , nanotube , chemistry , organic chemistry , composite number , molecule , engineering
In article number 1800720 , Koji Miki, Kouichi Ohe, and co‐workers report the “ring toss” method, throwing carbon nanorings onto carbon nanotubes, to prepare “tube‐in‐ring” supramolecular complexes. Carbon nanorings, [n]cycloparaphenyleneacetylenes, are utilized to demonstrate the formation of “tube‐in‐ring” complexes. The good size fit between the concave inner surface of the carbon nanorings and the convex outer surface of carbon nanotubes is important for the efficient production of rotaxane‐like complexes. This work provides a strategy to prepare interlocked carbon nanotubes for next‐generation electric devices and theranostic agents.