Direct synthesis of single-walled aminoaluminosilicate nanotubes with enhanced molecular adsorption selectivity

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Kang, Dun Yen ^a,b   Brunelli, Nicholas A ^a,c   Yucelen, G Ipek ^a   Venkatasubramanian, Anandram ^d   Zang, Ji ^a   Leisen, Johannes ^e   Hesketh, Peter J ^d   Jones, Christopher W ^a,e   Nair, Sankar ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Ohio State University   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84894052560     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4342     Document Type: Article

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