Role of sp 3 carbon and 7-membered rings in fullerene annealing and fragmentation

Nature

Volumn 366, Issue 6456, 1993, Pages 665-667

  Murry, Robert L ^a   Strout, Douglas L ^a   Odom, Gregory K ^a   Scuseria, Gustavo E ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; DECOMPOSITION; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUANTUM THEORY;

CLOSED CARBON CAGE; FRAGMENTATION; FULLERENES; LASER IRRADIATION;

CARBON;

EID: 0027732591     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/366665a0     Document Type: Article

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