Anisotropic molecular packing of soluble C 60 fullerenes in hexagonal nanocrystals obtained by solvent vapor annealing

Carbon

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1332-1337

  Colle, Renato ^a   Grosso, Giuseppe ^b   Ronzani, Alberto ^b   Gazzano, Massimo ^b   Palermo, Vincenzo ^b  

^a DICAM UNIBO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; CHEMICALLY MODIFIED; CHLOROFORM SOLUTIONS; CRYSTALLINE PHASE; CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HEXAGONAL CRYSTALS; HEXAGONAL NANOCRYSTALS; HIGH ANISOTROPY; LATERAL SIZES; MESOSCOPICS; METHYL ESTERS; MOLECULAR PACKINGS; SOLUBLE C; SOLVENT VAPORS;

BUTYRIC ACID; CALCULATIONS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FATTY ACIDS; FULLERENES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VAPORS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANISOTROPY;

EID: 84155160671     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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