Diamondoids

Nature's Nanostructures

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 169-194

  Bostedt, C ^a   Landt, L ^b   Moller T ^b   Dahl, J E ^c   Carlson, R M K ^c  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DIAMONDOIDS;

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