An improbable monometallic cluster entrapped in a popular fullerene cage: YCN@Cs (6)-C82

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Yang, Shangfeng ^a   Chen, Chuanbao ^a   Liu, Fupin ^a   Xie, Yunpeng ^b   Li, Fengyu ^c   Jiao, Mingzhi ^d   Suzuki, Mitsuaki ^a   Wei, Tao ^a   Wang, Song ^a   Chen, Zhongfang ^c   Lu, Xing ^b,d   Akasaka, Takeshi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

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EID: 84875789571     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01487     Document Type: Article

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