Dendritic catalysis: Major concepts and recent progress

Coordination Chemistry Reviews

Volumn 250, Issue 15-16, 2006, Pages 1965-1979

  Méry, Denise ^a   Astruc, Didier ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Complexes; Dendrimer; Heterogeneous catalysis; Homogeneous catalysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745745602     PISSN: 00108545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2005.11.012     Document Type: Review

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