Microscopic mechanism of fullerene fusion

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2004, Pages

  Han, Seungwu ^a,b   Yoon, Mina ^c   Berber, Savas ^c   Park, Noejung ^d   Osawa, Eiji ^e   Ihm, Jisoon ^d   Tománek, David ^c  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^e NanoCarbon Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FULLERENE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELECTRON; ENERGY; MICROSCOPY;

EID: 19744381006     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.113402     Document Type: Article

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