Disorder in a crystalline form of buckminsterfullerene: C60·4C6H6
Authors:
- Alan L. BalchABAlan L. Balch
- Joong W. LeeJLJoong W. Lee
- Bruce C. NollBNBruce C. Noll
- Marilyn M. OlmsteadMOMarilyn M. Olmstead
- 1 January 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 1,p. 56-58
Abstract
Refinement of the X-ray crystal structure of C60·4C6H6 shows that the position of the C60 molecules can be resolved into two orientations with relative populations of 55/45.Keywords
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