Fivefold Annulation of Corannulene as a Route Toward Carbon Nanotubes and Nanocones

Thesis advisor: Lawrence T. Scott === Curved carbon-rich materials such as carbon nanotubes and carbon nanocones have unique mechanical strength, charge carrying ability and structure. Efficient syntheses to access these strained structures are required to obtain usable quantities of these materials...

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Main Author: Quimby, Jennifer
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Boston College 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2345/1837