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Preparation and Characterization of C60/Graphene Hybrid Nanostructures
Published on: May 15, 2018
Alignment of paired molecules of C60 within a hexagonal platform networked through hydrogen-bonds
Ichiro Hisaki1, Shoichi Nakagawa1, Hiroyasu Sato2
1Department of Material and Life Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
Abstract:
We demonstrate, for the first time, that a hydrogen-bonded low-density organic framework can be applied as a platform to achieve periodic alignment of paired molecules of C60, which is the smallest example of a finite-numbered cluster of C60. The framework is a layered assembly of a hydrogen-bonded 2D hexagonal network (LA-H-HexNet) composed of dodecadehydrotribenzo[18]annulene derivatives.
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