New penta(organo)fullerenes donor-acceptor systems bearing five tetrathiafulvalene recognition units have been synthesized to promote self-assemblies similar in appearance to shuttlecocks nested into each other thanks to the conical host cavity created around the fullerene together with the π-π and electronic interactions.
Keywords: donor-acceptor system; fullerenes; self-assembly; supramolecular polymer; tetrathiafulvalene.
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