... The Journal of Physical ... E-mail: otsuki@chem.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp., † ... 1) bearing a shuttlecock-shaped framework, a tetrakis(tert-butylethynyl)-1,1′:3′,1′′-terphenyl group (TbetNNPy) or a bowl-shaped framework, a 4-tert-butyl-2,6-bis[(2,2′′,6,6′′-tetramethyl-m-terphenyl-2 ...