Structural, electronic and energetic properties of giant icosahedral fullerenes up to C6000: Insights from an ab initio hybrid DFT study

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 26, 2014, Pages 13390-13401

  Noël, Yves ^a   De La Pierre, Marco ^b   Zicovich Wilson, Claudio M ^c   Orlando, Roberto ^b   Dovesi, Roberto ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

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EID: 84902475409     PISSN: 14639076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4cp01442a     Document Type: Article

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