An Atomic-Scale View of Cyclocarbon Synthesis
Combining organic synthesis with microscopy addresses long-standing bottlenecks in cyclocarbon production.
Science,
2019
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Kaiser et al. (2019)
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Kroto et al. (1985)
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About the Author
Sabine Maier is a professor of physics at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, where she leads a research team that focuses on using scanning probe microscopy to study materials at the molecular level.
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