Electronic structure of small fullerenes: Evidence for the high stability of C32

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 81, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 5378-5381

  Kietzmann, H ^a   Rochow, R ^a   Gantefor G ^a   Eberhardt, W ^a   Vietze, K ^b   Seifert, G ^b   Fowler, P W ^c  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; ENERGY GAP; FULLERENES; NEGATIVE IONS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

LASER VAPORATION; PHOTON ENERGY;

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 0032517701     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.5378     Document Type: Article

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