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Microclusters as superatoms for developing new materials

  • Papers Presented At The Materials Science Section Of The 82nd Indian Science Congress, Calcutta, 1995
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With the discovery of solid C60, efforts are being made to develop new clusters and molecules which could be assembled to form new materials. Here we present some recent developments in this direction and discuss bonding in such materials.

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Kumar, V. Microclusters as superatoms for developing new materials. Bull. Mater. Sci. 19, 1047–1058 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02744637

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