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The problem of fullerenes. The chemical aspect

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The preparation, structure, and reactivity of the family of polyhedral carbon clusters, novel allotropes of carbon, are reviewed.

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Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 10–19, January, 1993.

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Sokolov, V.I. The problem of fullerenes. The chemical aspect. Russ Chem Bull 42, 1–11 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00699966

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