Superconducting fullerene nanowhiskers

Molecules

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 4851-4859

  Takeya, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Miyazawa, Kunichi ^a   Kato, Ryoei ^a   Wakahara, Takatsugu ^a   Ozaki, Toshinori ^a,b   Okazaki, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Yamaguchi, Takahide ^a,b   Takano, Yoshihiko ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fullerene nanowhisker; Potassium intercalation; Superconductor

Indexed keywords

FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; NANOMATERIAL; POTASSIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FULLERENES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOSTRUCTURES; POTASSIUM; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84861525597     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules17054851     Document Type: Article

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