Electron diffraction study of one-dimensional crystals of fullerenes

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2001, Pages

  Okazaki, T ^a   Hirahara, K ^a   Bandow, S ^a   Iijima, S ^a   Suenaga, K ^a   Shinohara, H ^b   Kato, H ^b  

^a MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 85038938654     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.64.115420     Document Type: Article

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