Syntheses of the Smallest Carbon Nanohoops and the Emergence of Unique Physical Phenomena

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 557-566

  Golder, Matthew R ^a   Jasti, Ramesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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EID: 84925448655     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar5004253     Document Type: Article

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