Onion-type complexation based on carbon nanorings and a buckminsterfullerene

Abstract

2 into 1 will go: Multi-inclusion structures, reminiscent of Russian Matrioshka dolls, have been constructed in nonpolar organic solvents from carbon nanorings and a C60 molecule (see picture). A study of these structures show there is a substantial difference between the electronic properties of planar and curved conjugated systems.