Coronene nanophase within coordination spheres: increased solubility of C60

Kosuke Suzuki; Kiyotaka Takao; Sota Sato; Makoto Fujita

doi:10.1021/ja910836h

Coronene nanophase within coordination spheres: increased solubility of C60

J Am Chem Soc. 2010 Mar 3;132(8):2544-5. doi: 10.1021/ja910836h.

Authors

Kosuke Suzuki¹, Kiyotaka Takao, Sota Sato, Makoto Fujita

Affiliation

¹ Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, and CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.

PMID: 20136081
DOI: 10.1021/ja910836h

Abstract

A 4.6 nm-sized coordination sphere confines 24 pendant coronene molecules at its core. The confined coronene molecules are fluid, forming a liquid "coronene nanodroplet" that could never exist in bulk. C(60) dissolves in this nano solvent with a high local concentration.