Polyoxoanion- and tetrabutylammonium-stabilized Rh(0)(n) nanoclusters: Unprecedented nanocluster catalytic lifetime in solution

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 121, Issue 38, 1999, Pages 8803-8810

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

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALIDE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0033615276     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja991034d     Document Type: Article

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