A layered ionic crystal of polar Li@C60 superatoms

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 678-683

  Aoyagi, Shinobu ^a   Nishibori, Eiji ^a   Sawa, Hiroshi ^a   Sugimoto, Kunihisa ^b,c   Takata, Masaki ^b,c   Miyata, Yasumitsu ^a   Kitaura, Ryo ^a   Shinohara, Hisanori ^a   Okada, Hiroshi ^d   Sakai, Takeshi ^d   Ono, Yoshihiro ^d   Kawachi, Kazuhiko ^d   Yokoo, Kuniyoshi ^d   Ono, Shoichi ^d   Omote, Kenji ^d   Kasama, Yasuhiko ^d   Ishikawa, Shinsuke ^e   Komuro, Takashi ^e   Tobita, Hiromi ^e  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SPring 8/JASRI ^*  (Japan)

^c RIKEN SPring 8 Center   (Japan)

^d Ideal Star Inc   (Japan)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; LITHIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANTIMONY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; FULLERENES; LITHIUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION;

EID: 77954937164     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.698     Document Type: Article

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