Inelastic neutron scattering of a quantum translator-rotator encapsulated in a closed fullerene cage: Isotope effects and translation-rotation coupling in H2@C60 and HD@C60
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A. J. Horsewill,1,* S. Rols,2 M. R. Johnson,2 Y. Murata,3 M. Murata,3 K. Komatsu,3 M. Carravetta,4 S. Mamone,4 M. H. Levitt,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 3Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan 4School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom 5Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA Received 1 July 2010; published 20 August 2010
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