Amorphous Infinite Coordination Polymer Microparticles: A New Class of Selective Hydrogen Storage Materials.
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SUBMITTER: Jeon YM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8445064 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jun
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Amorphous Infinite Coordination Polymer Microparticles: A New Class of Selective Hydrogen Storage Materials.
Jeon You-Moon YM Armatas Gerasimos S GS Heo Jungseok J Kanatzidis Mercouri G MG Mirkin Chad A CA
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) 20080605 11
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