Water-controlled synthesis of low-dimensional molecular crystals and the fabrication of a new water and moisture indicator

Nano Research

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 857-864

  Ji, Zhuoyu ^a   Dong, Huanli ^a   Liu, Ming ^a   Hu, Wenping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Molecular crystals; Molecular materials; Nanomaterials; Water indicator

Indexed keywords

EID: 71549128104     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-009-9084-x     Document Type: Article

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