Self-assembled hexameric water clusters stabilized by a cyano-bridged trimetallic complex

Crystal Growth and Design

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1687-1689

  Mukhopadhyay, Uday ^a   Bernal, Ivan ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

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EID: 25444513724     PISSN: 15287483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cg0501940     Document Type: Article

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