Bottom-up assembly from a helicate to homochiral micro- and mesoporous metal-organic frameworks.
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SUBMITTER: Xi X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3047008 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb
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Bottom-up assembly from a helicate to homochiral micro- and mesoporous metal-organic frameworks.
Xi Xiaobing X Fang Yu Y Dong Taiwei T Cui Yong Y
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20101229 5
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