Functionalization of endohedral metallofullerenes

Current Organic Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1095-1108

  Cardona, Claudia M ^a  

^a LUNA INNOVATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Endohedral fullerenes; Fullerenes; Trimetallic nitride endohedral fullerenes

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

CARBON CAGES; EMPTY-CAGE; ENDOHEDRAL FULLERENE; ENDOHEDRAL METALLOFULLERENES; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SERENDIPITOUS DISCOVERY; TRIMETALLIC NITRIDE ENDOHEDRAL FULLERENE; TRIMETALLIC NITRIDES;

FULLERENES;

EID: 84862525709     PISSN: 13852728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138527212800564312     Document Type: Article

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