Modeling buckminsterfullerene spinning in (C60)(n) clusters

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 121, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 5281-5286

  Deleuze, Michael S ^a   Zerbetto, Francesco ^b  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FULLERENE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; MECHANICS; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033538285     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja980846r     Document Type: Article

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