Anion exchange of Li+@C60 salt for improved solubility

Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures

Volumn 22, Issue 1-3, 2014, Pages 262-268

  Okada, Hiroshi ^a   Matsuo, Yutaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

anion exchange; Endohedral fullerene; lithium; salts

Indexed keywords

ANION EXCHANGE; CRYSTAL PACKINGS; ENDOHEDRAL FULLERENE; TETRAKIS; TRIFLUOROMETHANESULFONATE; TRIFLUOROMETHYL; X-RAY CRYSTAL STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

FULLERENES; NEGATIVE IONS; SALTS; SOLUBILITY;

LITHIUM;

EID: 84892774497     PISSN: 1536383X     EISSN: 15364046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1536383X.2013.812639     Document Type: Article

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