Inelastic neutron scattering investigations of the quantum molecular dynamics of a H2 molecule entrapped inside a fullerene cage
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A. J. Horsewill,1,* K. S. Panesar,1 S. Rols,2 J. Ollivier,2 M. R. Johnson,2 M. Carravetta,3 S. Mamone,3 M. H. Levitt,3 Y. Murata,4 K. Komatsu,4 J. Y.-C. Chen,5 J. A. Johnson,5 X. Lei,5 and N. J. Turro5 1School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom 2Institut Laue-Langevin, BP 156, 38042 Grenoble, France 3School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom 4Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan 5Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA (Received 3 April 2012; published 24 May 2012)
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تاریخ انتشار 2012