On the structure of i-carbon

Journal of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-185

  Bucknum, Michael J ^a   Pickard, Chris J ^b   Stamatin, Ioan ^c   Castro, Eduardo A ^d  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES FISICOQUÍMICAS TEÓRICAS Y APLICADAS INIFTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

C allotrope; Glitter; i carbon; n diamond; Shock synthesis; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745022633     PISSN: 02196336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219633606002209     Document Type: Article

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