Table 2. Geometry of Built CDsa and Number of Atoms in the Respective Hydrated Systemsb.
| no.
of layers |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| edge size (no. of benzene rings) | above middle layer | total | diameter of the central layer (nm) | dot height (nm) | Rgyr | no. of atoms, 103 |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | 1.6 | 1.74 | 0.63 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | 2.0 | 1.74 | 0.74 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 7 | 2.4 | 2.34 | 0.87 | 9 |
| 6 | 3 | 7 | 2.9 | 2.34 | 1.05 | 12 |
| 7 | 4 | 9 | 3.3 | 3.04 | 1.18 | 14 |
| 8 | 4 | 9 | 3.8 | 3.04 | 1.35 | 20 |
| 9 | 5 | 11 | 4.2 | 3.74 | 1.48 | 23 |
| 10 | 5 | 11 | 4.7 | 3.74 | 1.65 | 29 |
| 18 | 9 | 19 | 8.3 | 6.44 | 2.87 | 99 |
a
Dot height was calculated from the density plot; therefore, we added 0.34 nm as twice the carbon van der Waals radius, and Rgyr stands for the radius of gyration.
b
Some of the CDs are displayed above the table as licorice structures labeled with their edge sizes.