Plasmonic nanostructures to enhance catalytic performance of zeolites under visible light

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Zhang, Xingguang ^a   Ke, Xuebin ^a   Du, Aijun ^a   Zhu, Huaiyong ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 84892956286     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03805     Document Type: Article

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