QM(DFT) and MD studies on formation mechanisms of C60 fullerenes

Nanotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 85-88

  Hua, Xinlei ^a   Çaǧin, Tahir ^a   Che, Jianwei ^a   Goddard III, William A ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FULLERENES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; QUANTUM THEORY;

RING FUSION SPIRAL ZIPPER (RFSZ);

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0343341621     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/11/2/308     Document Type: Article

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