A missing link in the transformation from asymmetric to symmetric metallofullerene cages implies a top-down fullerene formation mechanism

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 880-885

  Zhang, Jianyuan ^a,d   Bowles, Faye L ^b   Bearden, Daniel W ^c   Ray, W Keith ^d   Fuhrer, Tim ^d   Ye, Youqing ^a,d   Dixon, Caitlyn ^d   Harich, Kim ^d   Helm, Richard F ^d   Olmstead, Marilyn M ^b   Balch, Alan L ^b   Dorn, Harry C ^a,d  

^a VIRGINIA TECH CARILION SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; GADOLINIUM; SOLVENT; YTTRIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; FULLERENES; GADOLINIUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SOLVENTS; YTTRIUM;

EID: 84884824040     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1748     Document Type: Article

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