Transport of fullerene molecules along graphene nanoribbons

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Savin, Alexander V ^a,b   Kivshar, Yuri S ^b  

^a SEMENOV INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84871860728     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01012     Document Type: Article

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