Molecules in carbon nanotubes

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 901-909

  Khlobystov, Andrei N ^a   Britz, David A ^b   Briggs, G Andrew D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Quantum Information Processing Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 30944443023     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar040287v     Document Type: Review

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