Buckybowls carbon nanotubes

Keywords Buckybowl Carbon nanotube Corannulene Sumanene... 

R142 D. Eisenberg, R. Shenhar and M. Rabinovitz, Anions in Buckybowls , in Fragments of Fullerenes and Carbon Nanotubes Designed Synthesis, Unusual Reactions, and Coordination Chemistry, eds. M. A. Petrukhina and L. T. Scott, John Wiley Sons, Inc., Hoboken, N. J., 2012, p. 63. 

Compared to planar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), the curved structure of buckybowls endows them with additional interesting physical properties. For example, a bowl-shaped molecule has a dipole moment and a self complimentary shape that could lead to the formation of polar crystals. Moreover, buckyballs and carbon nanotubes are well known for their (potential) applications as electro-optical organic materials. Studies of buckybowls can provide fundamental information on buckyballs and carbon nanotubes. 

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