Coordinated proton tunnelling in a cyclic network of four hydrogen bonds in the solid state

Nature

Volumn 397, Issue 6716, 1999, Pages 241-243

  Brougham, Dermot F ^a   Caciuffo, Roberto ^b   Horsewill, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b INFM   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN BONDS; MACROMOLECULES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHONONS; PROTONS; SOLID STATE PHYSICS;

PROTON TUNNELING; QUANTUM TUNNELING;

QUANTUM THEORY;

BENZOIC ACID; PROTON;

ARTICLE; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ARENE;

EID: 0033590445     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/16672     Document Type: Article

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