The physical basis for the head-to-tail rule that excludes most fullerene cages from self-assembly

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 938-957

  Schein, Stan ^a   Sands Kidner, Michelle ^a,b   Friedrich, Tara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Building 1   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FULLERENE;

ARTICLE; DIHEDRAL ANGLE DISCREPANCY; GEOMETRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 38549159928     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.110833     Document Type: Article

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