A simple one-pot multicomponent synthesis of an octahedral nanocontainer molecule

Nature Protocols

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1288-1296

  Liu, Xuejun ^a   Warmuth, Ralf ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; MACROMOLECULE; NANODEVICE; NANOENCAPSULATION; OLIGOMERIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SYNTHESIS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ETHERS, CYCLIC; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOCAPSULES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; RESORCINOLS;

EID: 34250198980     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2007.193     Document Type: Article

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