Small-bandgap endohedral metallofullerenes in high yield and purity

Nature

Volumn 401, Issue 6748, 1999, Pages 55-57

  Stevenson, S ^a   Rice, G ^a   Glass, T ^a   Harlch, K ^a   Cromer, F ^a   Jordan, M R ^a   Craft, J ^a   Hadju, E ^b   Bible, R ^b   Olmstead, M M ^c   Maltra, K ^c   Fisher, A J ^c   Balch, A L ^c   Dorn, H C ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FULLERENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0033517306     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/43415     Document Type: Article

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