Hierarchical SnO2Nanospheres: Bio-inspired mineralization, vulcanization, oxidation techniques, and the application for NO sensors

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Wang, Lei ^a   Chen, Yuejiao ^a   Ma, Jianmin ^a   Chen, Libao ^a   Xu, Zhi ^a   Wang, Taihong ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84890736047     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03500     Document Type: Article

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