Fullerene nanowires as a versatile platform for organic electronics

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Maeyoshi, Yuta ^a   Saeki, Akinori ^a,b   Suwa, Shotaro ^a   Omichi, Masaaki ^a   Marui, Hiromi ^a   Asano, Atsushi ^a   Tsukuda, Satoshi ^c   Sugimoto, Masaki ^d   Kishimura, Akihiro ^e   Kataoka, Kazunori ^e,f,g   Seki, Shu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^e Department of Materials Engineering ^*  (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 84866105223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00600     Document Type: Article

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