title: Unravelling the structure of the C60 and p-Bu(t)-calix[8]arene complex.
abstract: The structure of the C60 and p-Bu(t)-calix[8]arene complex has been reinvestigated, showing an unprecedented continuous layered tetragonal array of fullerenes encapsulated by calixarenes. Electron diffraction data revealed the tetragonal symmetry, with a stepped structure observed by AFM and SEM, and the thickness of the basal plane was measured by XRD, as 2 nm. The molecular simulated arrangement of fullerenes accounts for the ability to take up to ca. 11% of fullerenes C70 in place of the smaller fullerene.
authors.affiliation: Centre for NanoScale Science and Technology, School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA 5042, Australia. colin.raston@finders.edu.au.
authors.forename: Xianjue
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Ramiz A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Boulos
authors.forename: Ashley D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Slattery
authors.forename: Jerry L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Atwood
authors.forename: Colin L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Raston