Novel polymer-free iridescent lamellar hydrogel for two-dimensional confined growth of ultrathin gold membranes

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Niu, Jian ^a   Wang, Dong ^a   Qin, Haili ^a   Xiong, Xiong ^a   Tan, Pengli ^b   Li, Youyong ^b   Liu, Rui ^a   Lu, Xuxing ^a   Wu, Jian ^a   Zhang, Ting ^a   Ni, Weihai ^a   Jin, Jian ^a  

^a SUZHOU INSTITUTE OF NANO TECH AND NANO BIONICS   (China)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84894100450     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4313     Document Type: Article

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