Structural patterns in fullerenes showing adjacent pentagons: C 20 to C 72

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 1329-1338

  Alcami, Manuel ^a   Sánchez, Goar ^a   Díaz Tendero, Sergio ^a   Wang, Yang ^a   Martín, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fullerene stability; Fullerene structure; Fullerenes

Indexed keywords

STRUCTURAL PATTERNS;

FULLERENES; NANOSTRUCTURES;

CARBON;

CARBON; FULLERENE C60; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

CARBON; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; FULLERENES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 34447520530     PISSN: 15334880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2007.311     Document Type: Article

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