Affiliation:
1. Christian Brothers University
Abstract
Abstract
In order to design complex nanostructures different building blocks must be developed. Corannulene has been shown to have a curved bowl structure and has been modified with other structures to produce a variety of nanostructures. A larger bowl structure has been designed and calculated by expanding corannulene to produce the extended bowl structure C60H10. The opening and depth of this bowl structure has been shown to change with different functional groups.
Publisher
Research Square Platform LLC
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