Hollow nanotubular toroidal polymer microrings

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 97-103

  Lee, Jiyeong ^a,b   Baek, Kangkyun ^a,b   Kim, Myungjin ^b   Yun, Gyeongwon ^a,b   Ko, Young Ho ^a   Lee, Nam Suk ^b   Hwang, Ilha ^a,b   Kim, Jeehong ^a,b   Natarajan, Ramalingam ^b   Park, Chan Gyung ^b   Sung, Wokyung ^b   Kim, Kimoon ^a,b  

^a Institute for Basic Science   (South Korea)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; CARBON NANOTUBE; FULLERENE C60; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOTUBE; POLYMER; SILVER; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LIGHT; POLYMERIZATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALKENES; ANTHRAQUINONES; FULLERENES; LIGHT; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOTUBES; NANOTUBES, CARBON; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; SILVER; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84892960434     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1833     Document Type: Article

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