Computations of model narrow nanotubes closed by fragments of smaller fullerenes and quasi-fullerenes

Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 517-522

  Slanina, Zdeněk ^a,b   Uhlík, Filip ^c   Adamowicz, Ludwik ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

C20; C36; Four membered rings; Narrow nanotubes; Smaller fullerenes

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CARBON NANOTUBES; STOICHIOMETRY;

NARROW NANOTUBES;

FULLERENES;

FULLERENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOICHIOMETRY; TUBE;

EID: 0037409210     PISSN: 10933263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1093-3263(03)00121-9     Document Type: Article

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