With the serendipitous discovery of crown ethers by Pedersen more than half a century ago
and the subsequent introduction of host–guest chemistry and supramolecular chemistry by …

Aromatic hydrocarbon belts (AHCBs) have fascinated scientists for over half a century
because of their aesthetically appealing structures and potential applications in the field of …

The synthesis of a carbon nanobelt, comprising a closed loop of fully fused edge-sharing
benzene rings, has been an elusive goal in organic chemistry for more than 60 years. Here …

Nanometre-sized carbon materials consisting of benzene units oriented in unique geometric
patterns, hereafter named nanocarbons, conduct electricity, absorb and emit light, and …

In the last 13 years several synthetic strategies were developed that provide access to [n]
cycloparaphenylenes ([n] CPPs) and related conjugated nanohoops. A number of potential …

[n] Cycloparaphenylenes (or “carbon nanohoops”) are cyclic fragments of carbon nanotubes
that consist of n para linked benzene rings. These strained, all sp2 hybridized macrocycles …

The selective and predictable synthesis of structurally uniform carbon nanotubes (CNTs)
represents a long‐standing goal in both nanocarbon science and synthetic organic …

Few concepts are as frequently used as aromaticity in the current chemical literature. 1 This
may be quantified by ca. 300 000 papers dealing with the aromatic properties of chemical …

Since their discovery in 1985 1 and their production on a preparative scale 5 years later, 2
fullerenes have attracted a great deal of attention. Their chemical modification has emerged …

Fullerenes are entirely insoluble in water, but suitable functionalization makes the molecules
soluble. Studies on water-soluble fullerene derivatives led to the discovery of the interaction …