Observation of an all-boron fullerene

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 727-731

  Zhai, Hua Jin ^a   Zhao, Ya Fan ^b   Li, Wei Li ^c   Chen, Qiang ^a   Bai, Hui ^a   Hu, Han Shi ^b   Piazza, Zachary A ^c   Tian, Wen Juan ^a   Lu, Hai Gang ^a   Wu, Yan Bo ^a   Mu, Yue Wen ^a   Wei, Guang Feng ^d   Liu, Zhi Pan ^d   Li, Jun ^b   Li, Si Dian ^a   Wang, Lai Sheng ^c  

^a SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON; FULLERENE C60; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; QUANTUM THEORY;

BORON; FULLERENES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 84904817556     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1999     Document Type: Article

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