Pairwise selection of guests in a cylindrical molecular capsule of nanometre dimensions

Nature

Volumn 394, Issue 6695, 1998, Pages 764-766

  Heinz, Thomas ^a   Rudkevich, Dmitry M ^a   Rebek Jr , Julius ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032552135     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/29501     Document Type: Article

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