Spiral growth on nanoporous silicoaluminophosphate STA-7 as observed by atomic force microscopy

Crystal Growth and Design

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 4041-4050

  Cubillas, Pablo ^a   Castro, Maria ^b,e   Jelfs, Kim E ^c   Lobo, Alan J W ^c   Slater, Ben ^c   Lewis, Dewi W ^c   Wright, Paul A ^b   Stevens, Sam M ^d   Anderson, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

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EID: 70049112555     PISSN: 15287483     EISSN: 15287505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cg900255u     Document Type: Article

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