Controlled assembly of Sb2S3 nanoparticles on silica/polymer nanotubes: Insights into the nature of hybrid interfaces

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Yang, Huaming ^a,b   Li, Mei ^b   Fu, Liangjie ^a   Tang, Aidong ^a   Mann, Stephen ^b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84878720413     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01336     Document Type: Article

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