Dynamical behavior of Borospherene: A Nanobubble

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Martínez Guajardo, Gerardo ^a,b   Cabellos, José Luis ^a   Díaz Celaya, Andres ^a   Pan, Sudip ^c   Islas, Rafael ^d   Chattaraj, Pratim K ^c   Heine, Thomas ^e   Merino, Gabriel ^a  

^a Laboratorio de Patología Acuática   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE ZACATECAS   (Mexico)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^d UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

^e JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

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EID: 84934971981     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep11287     Document Type: Article

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