Autocatalysis during fullerene growth

Science

Volumn 272, Issue 5258, 1996, Pages 87-89

  Eggen, B R ^a   Heggie, M I ^a   Jungnickel, G ^b   Latham, C D ^c   Jones, R ^c   Briddon, P R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOCATALYSIS; ISOMERS; LOCAL SPIN DENSITY FUNCTIONAL; PENTAGONS; STONE WALES TRANSFORMATION; TOTAL ENERGY CALCULATIONS;

ATOMS; CARBON; CATALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

FULLERENES;

EID: 0030570070     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.272.5258.87     Document Type: Article

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