Uncovering a solvent-controlled preferential growth of buckminsterfullerene C60) nanowires

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 113, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 6390-6397

  Geng, Junfeng ^a   Solov'yov, Ilia A ^b,c   Zhou, Wuzong ^d   Solov'yov, Andrey V ^b,c   Johnson, Brian F G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b FRANKFURT INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Germany)

^c IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCKMINSTERFULLERENE; CENTRAL CORE; CROSS SECTION; CRYSTAL GROWTH MECHANISM; CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FULLERENE C; GROWTH DIRECTIONS; GUEST MOLECULES; IN-DEPTH UNDERSTANDING; INORGANIC NANOWIRES; PREFERENTIAL GROWTH; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

CARBON CLUSTERS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC WIRE; FULLERENES; GRAIN BOUNDARIES;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 67049113987     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp809664g     Document Type: Article

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