Sol-gel derived hybrid inorganic-organic nanocomposites for optics

Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-23

  Lebeau, Bénédicte ^a   Sanchez, Clément ^b  

^a Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie de Mulhouse   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

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EID: 0002738699     PISSN: 13590286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0286(99)80005-9     Document Type: Article

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