title: Synthesis of a higher fullerene precursor-an "unrolled" C84 fullerene.
abstract: We report the synthesis of the C(84)(20)-fullerene related hydrocarbon C(84)H(42), which possesses more than 83% of the C(84)(20)-fullerene connectivity, and its selective transformation to C(84) by flash vacuum pyrolysis (FVP).
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany.
authors.forename: Konstantin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Amsharov
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jansen