Polyoxoanion- and tetrabutylammonium-stabilized, near-monodisperse, 40 ± 6 Å Rh(0)∼1500 to Rh(0)∼3700 nanoclusters: Synthesis, characterization, and hydrogenation catalysis

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1035-1047

  Aiken III, John D ^a   Finke, Richard G ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 0000597407     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm980699w     Document Type: Article

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