Nature Communications (Mar 2023)

Gas phase synthesis of the C40 nano bowl C40H10

  • Lotefa B. Tuli,
  • Shane J. Goettl,
  • Andrew M. Turner,
  • A. Hasan Howlader,
  • Patrick Hemberger,
  • Stanislaw F. Wnuk,
  • Tianjian Guo,
  • Alexander M. Mebel,
  • Ralf I. Kaiser

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37058-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Nanobowls represent building blocks of fullerenes and nanotubes as detected in combustion systems and deep space, but their formation mechanisms in these environments have remained elusive. Here, the authors explore the gas-phase formation of benzocorannulene and beyond to the C40 nanobowl.