Reticular chemistry: Occurrence and taxonomy of nets and grammar for the design of frameworks

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 176-182

  Ockwig, Nathan W ^a   Delgado Friedrichs, Olaf ^b   O'Keeffe, Michael ^b   Yaghi, Omar M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA BASE; SYNTHESIS; TAXONOMY;

EID: 15244357310     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar020022l     Document Type: Article

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