Complexation study of a 1,3-phenylene-bridged cyclic hexa-naphthalene with fullerenes C 60 and C 70 in solution and 1D-alignment of fullerenes in the crystals.

To investigate the host ability of a simple macrocycle, 1,3-phenylene-bridged naphthalene hexamer N6, we evaluated the complexation of N6 with fullerenes in toluene and in the crystals. The complexes in the solid-state demonstrate the one-dimensional alignment of fullerenes. The single-crystals of the C 60 @N6 composite have semiconductive properties revealed by photoconductivity measurements.