Observation of the isotope effect in sub-kelvin reactions

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 332-335

  Lavert Ofir, Etay ^a   Shagam, Yuval ^a   Henson, Alon B ^a   Gersten, Sasha ^a   Klos, Jacek ^b   Zuchowski, Piotr S ^c   Narevicius, Julia ^a   Narevicius, Edvardas ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

^c NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

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EID: 84896920946     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1857     Document Type: Article

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