Structure, chirality, and formation of giant icosahedral fullerenes and spherical graphitic onions

Structural Chemistry

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 373-384

  Terrones, Mauricio ^a,b   Terrones, Guillermo ^b   Terrones, Humberto ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fullerenes; Nested fullerenes; Spherical onions; Stability and symmetry

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE;

CHIRALITY; CONDUCTANCE; ENERGY; IRRADIATION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0242399181     PISSN: 10400400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015880427362     Document Type: Review

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