Pantelopulos, George2015-09-082015-09-082013-08https://hdl.handle.net/2144/12984Poster presentation at REU Summer's End Research Symposium, 2013, by REU participant George Pantelopulos, Science Community College of Philadelphia - Ramesh Jasti group, Tom Sisto lab mentorCarbon Nanotubes (CNTs) are nano-scale tubes composed of fused benzene rings. The electronic and optical properties of CNTs are determined by chirality and diameter. CNTS are of great interest in developing a multitude of revolutionary technologies due to these properties. A general synthesis was developed which is used to create CPPs with diameters of 7-12 benzenes ([7]-[12] Cycloparaphenylene). It hinges upon the syn conformation of a masked benzene ring which has two rings off para positions with aryl substituents.en-USCC0 1.0 Universalhttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/Presentation