Analysis of the reactivity and selectivity of fullerene dimerization reactions at the atomic level

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-124

  Koshino, Masanori ^a,b   Niimi, Yoshiko ^b   Nakamura, Eiichi ^b,c   Kataura, Hiromichi ^a   Okazaki, Toshiya ^a   Suenaga, Kazutomo ^a   Iijima, Sumio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 76249105900     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.482     Document Type: Article

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