Structure and stability of boron nitride cages

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1102-1107

  Wu, Haishun ^a   Xu, Xiaohong ^a   Jiao, Haijun ^a   Zhang, Fuqiang ^a   Jia, Jianfeng ^a  

^a SHANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

(BN)n cage; Boron nitride; Structure and stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 28744442727     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/02wb0169     Document Type: Article

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