Hedgehog Buckyball: A High-Symmetry Complete Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane (POSS)
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Experiment (m/z) | Assigned structure | Calculation (m/z) (+H+, K+) | Symmetry |
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1,472.73 | R8Si8O12 (+K+) | 1,472.98 | Oh |
3,579.23 | R20Si20O30 (+H+) | 3,585.96 | Ih |
10,763.81 | R60Si60O90 (+H+) | 10,755.88 | Ih |
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Hu, Y.; Wang, Y.; You, H.; Wang, D. Hedgehog Buckyball: A High-Symmetry Complete Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane (POSS). Polymers 2016, 8, 315. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym8080315
Hu Y, Wang Y, You H, Wang D. Hedgehog Buckyball: A High-Symmetry Complete Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane (POSS). Polymers. 2016; 8(8):315. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym8080315
Chicago/Turabian StyleHu, Yu, You Wang, Hong You, and Di Wang. 2016. "Hedgehog Buckyball: A High-Symmetry Complete Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane (POSS)" Polymers 8, no. 8: 315. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym8080315