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  1. Eiji Ōsawa
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Ōsawa, E., Yoshida, M. & Fujita, M. Shape and Fantasy of Fullerenes. MRS Bulletin 19, 33–36 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1557/S0883769400048387

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