[n]Cycloparaphenylenes behave as molecular templates of "perfectly chemically defined" single-wall carbon nanotubes. These [n]CPP molecules have electronic, mechanical, and chemical properties in size correspondence with their giant congeners. Under mechanical stress, they form charge-transfer salts, or complexes with fullerene, by one-electron concave-convex electron transfer.
Keywords: Raman spectroscopy; charge-transfer salts; cycloparaphenylenes; pressure-dependent studies; single-wall carbon nanotubes.
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